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12-25-20, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by one4smoke

I have never fell on the side I was unclipped on. Why would I? Unless, like I said ...there's oil, ice or something slippery that I put my foot down on. Which has happened only once. But, I have almost fell several times on the side the foot was still clipped on. Those were due to coming to a normal stop, left foot down, leaning to the left, then having to abruptly turn the bars causing me to shift my balance to the right. THAT has been the close call several times.

I’m just not seeing your logic. I’ve never fallen to the clipped side. If I’m trying to unclip and can’t, the bike is starting to lean to that side in preparation for a stop. If I try to unclip in an emergency situation on a trail and can’t, I fall to the side that I was trying to for the same reason. I’m going to put that foot down and am leaning that direction.

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