Originally Posted by smellygary
Its not really a "crash" but more of a "tip over". More embarrassing than painful usually.
Go to the supermarket or mall late in the evening and practice there when nobody is around to see you. Clip in and out a gazillion times at various different speeds.
Yeah, exactly. I've tipped over twice in the 7 months I've been clipless, and neither of them hurt me or my bike, well except for a scuff on the seat the time I fell over in the middle of an intersection.
Personally, I think it's totally worth it. And I second the egg beater recommendations. The only adjusting you might have to do is determining whether you want/need a spacer under your cleats, and that's only an issue if you get treaded shoes. I'm consistently clipped in before most SPD using commuters off the red light.