Originally Posted by
KraneXL
That's because you're think emotionally rather than rationally. All two wheeled vehicles are inherently unstable when they're at rest. I fell when I first got my clipless, and again making a slow speed tight u-turn, and again when I forgot to unclip. Just try and find someone that rides a bike (or motorcycle) that has never fallen.
With road biking I haven't fallen over with flats on my bike since I was a small child and I'm in my 30's now.
With clipless I fell once at very low speed when I was first learning but I probably could have avoided that as well had I spent more time practicing before riding. Even there I have not fallen since then. (I've since gone back to flats but the reasons are unrelated to this topic).
If you can't ride a bike without periodically falling over onto the road I would suggest that perhaps biking is not for you, as it is fairly dangerous to fall onto blacktop. My uncle broke his hip doing it (not clipless).
But it's very uncommon for adults riding flat pedals to fall over on their bike. Not sure what else I could add.