Originally Posted by tlc20010
Go ride the bike. Clip into one pedal (most people keep the right pedal clipped--I clip in left, but that is another story) and don't clip in the other side. That way you will always have your other foot free if you need to put a foot down.
And guess which way I fell for the first time after going clipless? There I was coming up to a stoplight on a trail waiting to cross the road. Next thing I know I'm laying on the ground next to my bike, still clipped in with my left foot. The only thing I could think of was, "Here I am 50 years old, laying on the ground next to my bicycle, I sure hope nobody sees me."
That was two years ago. I wouldn't leave without them now.