Originally Posted by
Digital Gee
Still waiting for my LBS to get some M520's in stock, so naturally, I find things to worry about.
Here's what worries me. . .
Falling -- not when practicing, not on the grass in the park, none of that. I don't care about that too much. It's part of the learning curve and I can accept that.
But I ride city streets almost exclusively. I worry about falling in a month or two or three when pulling up to a light, long after I've gottn used to clipless, but for some reason, when I'm distracted and fail to clip out. Falling in traffic, I guess to be more specific. I can live with a bruised ego, an embarrassing moment, no problemo.
But I'm worried I'll fall to the left, INTO traffic approaching a light, and the car won't have time to stop, and my head will be crushed like a ripe melon, leaving my DNA all over the street.
That's what I worry about.
These are all valid worries and should keep you up at night. It is not too late to cancel that order for those dumb "clipless" things and go back to a cheap pair of plastic platform pedals. They will last for weeks and you can always get new ones. Maybe you can buy them by the case and get a better price. Also, you can ride much more Fred with platforms. If you go "clipless" someone is going to notice that you are wearing proper bike shoes and revoke your Fred credentials. Finally, if you stay on platforms, you will never fall...I think that comes in the guarantee they include with the pedals.