Originally Posted by
roderage
i'm not the most coordinated guy... and when i recently went to clips after riding platforms forever, i'm feeling that clips are just plain unsafe. i find myself trying to flip into the pedal instead of paying attention to traffic. i fell over twice yesterday because i couldn't get my foot down fast enough. i took those p.o.s.'s off and i feel sooo much more in control.
Seriously dude, people are making fun of you because this flies in the face of received
wisdom. Not just people on this board, but generations of cyclists. [excised rest of rant, not
worth it]