It was in the days before clipless pedals. I was wearing toeclips and straps with shoe cleats while riding with my 5 year old son through the neighborhood. As I rode up to say hi to a friend, I realized that I was still securely clipped in and did a slow motion topple over. Then I had trouble figuring how to get unclipped while laying on my side.

The next time that I asked my son to go riding with me, he first asked me which shoes I was going to wear.