Originally Posted by
surak
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.
I'm strongly right-handed, and earlier on this thread I posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
On further reading, I noted the right vs left unclipping discussion. We have plenty of curbs and I unclip RIGHT. In fact, when I'm on the left side of the road, left foot unclipping seems awkward.
I first to thought about it when I started riding with a regular companion, and he always unclipped left.
Under those circumstances described by [MENTION=473679]surak[/MENTION], I'm always cognizant and anticipatory and I would defer to any car that attempted it. A rearview mirror is essential to such observation.
I like the brief respite at a stoplight to rest my right foot unclipped on the curb.
BTW, in the first year of clipless, I had about four falls when stopped (only), so I follow this rule:
"Unclip (right) even if you just think about stopping."