Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
I'm right-handed, kick with my left foot, and always, always unclip the right foot when coming to a stop. Unclipping the left feels genuinely unnatural... to me. I've tried starting off with the right foot clipped in, and it's as if I've forgotten how to ride a bicycle.
That said, most people I see unclip the left foot at a stop. Which is weird to me here in the land of driving-on-the-right. With my right foot unclipped I can stand on the curb and stay in the saddle at stoplights.
I'm right-handed, only started riding regularly this year and unclipping came naturally for my left foot but is still weird for my right.
There's almost no time I'm ever going to be up next to a curb so it's interesting that you bring up a potential benefit of unclipping the right foot. Here, either the intersection is going to have a place for the bike to trigger the traffic sensor a few feet away from the curb, or it's going to be a right turn only lane and no way am I stopping there, or I'm taking the lane to not be squashed by a right hook.