Originally Posted by
Jabba Degrassi
No, what's stupid is having your feet resting gingerly atop a set of platform pedals on a bicycle with a fixed drive-train.
I've never had to bail out on my bike, but I've had to go down quite a few hills where my legs were going so fast that platforms would have turned my shins to blood sausages, and I've had to climb enough hills that I understand the value of being able to apply force throughout the entirety of a crank's rotation.
You're damn right I do it because everyone else does it. They've been doing it for a bloody long time because it's a good god damn idea.
I would have to say that pedaling around anywhere using pressure on the pedal is not ginger. Back pedaling down hills without clips is not very difficult, and when spinning out it's just a matter of resting your foot on the back tire to slow down or stop, and in your case apply bandages.