Originally Posted by mleess
Do all your clipless pedal falling off now, so you don't scratch up your new bike.
Practice a lot with the pedals. I don't just mean in your driveway, I mean doing a lot of riding on lightly traveled streets, stopping, starting, clipping in and out on hills, etc. It's not the routine unclipping that will get you, but the unexpected, e.g., someone stops short in front of you, you try to take a foot going up a hill but can't unclip before your momentum runs out, etc. Those things can be tricky at first.
Second this
I fell a lot in my first 3 weeks, and now happily, i have stopped falling off. One of the most embarassing was at a busy intersection right during rush hour traffic. I was actually directing my cycling buddy to take the pedestrain crossing as he went into the side road. In so directing him, I forgot I was slowing down to a stop and still clipped on (if my ex read this, she would use this as another example that men cannot multitask, haha), and so when I did stopped, my foot tried to lift off from the pedal, and tumbled over I did, bike and all. Was stucked on the road like a bug on a hot sidewalk for a long 20 over seconds - i could feel the eyes of every motorist there on me, and I bet they all had a good laugh. My buddy shared with his wife what happened to me and they too had a good laugh.