Originally Posted by
JanMM
Telling yourself that you will eventually fall over because of clipless pedals increases the likelihood that it will happen. Self-fulfilling prophecy.
Doesn't happen to everyone. I've been lucky enough - knock on wood - to have never had a clipless-related fall. Switched to SPD in 1998. Knock on wood.
Likewise - switched to Looks in '96, practiced clicking in & out propped in a doorway for a couple of minutes, then headed out. Bit of a wobble at an early stop sign, but that was it. The "clipped-in topple" is common, but not inevitable.