Originally Posted by anomaly
Saw one bad wreck when I was younger racing BMX, clipless had just started to be used. Kid lost all his teeth and shattered his jaw open.
* Note:
Not to say I didn't see a ton of other bad wrecks, a broken neck, etc, but he wouldn't have gone over like he did had he just been on platforms
You would be stupid to race BMX
without clipless, you only get half the power otherwise. I raced for seven years with clips, almost like second nature to me now, I'm not trying to be mr. hippy hipster and ride around without any brakes, but you will and can get just as hurt on a bike with or without clips, I have crashed plenty and if you have your clips setup right, any sideways motion on the clip and you would pop out. I used to hit doubles and triples and occasionally screw up and clip out mid air to save my ass. Once you learn it and set it up correctly, you would have to be dumb to scorpian a bike or stay cliped in while crashing.