One of the pleasures of Club Tombay membership is being aware that most clipless falls have a certain pattern............almost an arrogance if you will. Once one is certain that the device is mastered..........splat. There is a sort of Zen philosophy there............if you do not keep your self centered.................splat.

I myself have fallen 5 times due the infernal pedals and I will admit to all that I was quite certain that it couldn't happen to me. Now that I know better, unclipping is automatic. Why just the other day, when a rider in front of me hit the gate and crashed I said to myself............your going to be unable to get out of the pedals when you hit him (following too close). Sure enough, as I crashed, the proper mental attitude caused the pedals to release as if by magic and I promptley slammed forward into the stem.