This made me laugh out loud, TWL! I'll bet that really hurt, though. Thanks for sharing.

I'm still laughing!

You looked pretty stupid.

Fell a couple of months ago when I hit a snowy patch that I thought I could ride through. It had some solid ice underneath that I hadn't counted on. At least it was slow, and as others have said, my right food came out so I was able to cushion the fall somewhat. Landing on snow is better than on pavement at least.

I have never fallen with clipless pedals.

I voted "other"
Beyond that, I'm not stupid enough to say.
As to why, well, I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader

But what, exactly does "Club Tombay" mean and where did it come from?
The only Tombay I ever knew was F1 driver Patrick Tombay and I know that ain't it

Ditto for me....several very close calls...winding up still clipped in on one foot, but facing backwards on the clipped in side after swinging my un-clipped foot/leg over the rear tire. Bet you didn't know your lower leg could do a 180 from the upper leg.

I did it in front of my students. I teach at a high school.

I have the same question...

Hmmm: Club Tombay

Club Tombay: An english rendition of the French for "the fallen". Coined here on 50+ earlier this year for those who have gone clipless. Best visualized by remembering Artie Johnson on the old television show "Laugh In". If you are in this forum you are old enough for that. You may even be old enough to have forgotten it.

I have carried clipless pedals twice and did not fall either time. (But not to worry ... I didn't bias the poll by voting)

Just last Wednesday.....slowed down for a couple of the neighbors dogs, (usually dogs seem to want to check you out and then let you be on your way) then when I went to take off on of them ran at me again and I had to hit the brakes hard. Forgot to unclip and went down towards the center of the road. Glad there were no cars coming. Went to the house and explained (probably not very nicely) that the next time her dogs gave me problems I'd contact some authority and all she could do is defend her dogs right to protect the property. I told her I didn't think a county road was their property. Few more words were exchanged and she called me rude.....several times. I told her I'm not rude, I'm angry (thinking I had just scarred up the hood and brake lever on my Synapse that only has 300 miles on it...and my knee).

She never did apologize for her dogs behavior. My wife works for an attorney and he said to get some mace if I feel endangered and that if problems to continue with said dogs to contact law enforcement and get things documented.

I've encountered dogs often but most times they are no problem or at least their owners respect me as a rider and will call or dicipline thier dogs.

Anyway, that was my first real fall.

My first mountain bike, Specialized Stumpy FSR, seatpost needed cutting to lower enough to unclip. I went out anyway, fell 4-5 times. I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to enjoy my brand new mountain bike. Imagine, first time on the trail, scared, balls to the walls, crossing creeks, etc., and you can't clip out. When climbing, if I stopped, I tipped over and bit the dirt. I was so mad, I could have climbed up a tree with that thing. I finally got so frustrated that I snapped the chain on a very steep uphill, I wasn't going down again.

On my road bike, I pulled up to a light post in a shopping center parking lot to talk with friends. I unclipped a foot to put on the concrete base so I could just sit, drink and talk. When I stopped and put my foot up on the base, my weight transferred to the side clipped in. I tipped over like a brick and bounced on the ground. Real cool move.

Clipless pedals have their limitations. The possibility of tipping over will allways be there. I see it as the rights of spring for someone in a group to drop. As the year goes on, everyone gets more comfortable and it happens less.

My fall with clips was much worse. The chain came off on a slight hill at low speed. My feet were strapped in with slotted soles - and with a free spinning crank I wasn't balanced enough to lean over and pull the release on a strap.

does a bear chit in the woods?

Yikes!!! I bet you didn't tighten them up that much after that.

While returning from a 20 mile ride, I saw a neighbor, and rode up his driveway to say hello.
Placed my left foot on the cement, then the bike and I fell on the neighbor. Brake Hood hit his shin bone.
34 lb bike, 220 lb rider. Pic of the 34 lb 83 Nishiki.
Solveg is not my daughter. I am willing to adopt her. Wife and been married 47 years.

I have never fallen in clipless pedals. I fell once w/toe clips (30-ish years ago) while goofing around on a grassy lawn, at a very slow speed.

I fell once when I first put them on a couple of years ago. Even after that you will fall... you wont be able to anticipate some situations and you cant unclip fast enough. My last time was just a year or so ago; was waiting for a car (and riding slowly and balancing) so I could turn left.. and the car stops, rather than just continue. That broke my timing and I went down.

Nope, not me. Never ever ever.

Oh no, my nose just went through my monitor.

Once off the tandem - back wheel got jammed when the world's best stoker's jumper jammed the back wheel, kept things upright till stationary and she'd stepped off, then toppled gently to the ground. Story and many funny comments on this forum somewhere

Once off my single, hit a patch of deep soft blown sand (occurs a lot here), down before I knew it

Almost did it on my first ever try with clipless - was trying out a bike belonging to a friend. Borrowed his shoes as well as the bike. He takes 12s, I take 10s. No unclipping possible, lots of foot rotations inside shoes as big as boats

See DG, no problem. About 20% have not fallen. I'm sure you would be one of this group. Take the plunge and go clipless!!!

Score: another fallen comrade

I was in a constant state of heightened foot awareness when I first moved to clipless (at age 48). I had a cyclocross bike and it wasn't until I was on a dirt road going up a rutted a hill that I wasn't going to make (coming to a complete stop.... now!) when I unclipped my left foot while falling to the right. Damn. Now, the problem was, I had those godforesaken Shimano 324 clip on one side, metal platform CLAWS on the other and it made a 3/4" gash on the back of my left leg, just above the achilles. I was amused at myself, pissed at the pedal, and seriously considered giving up this latest project of mine. To some degree I did, and I just sold that bike, realizing that the body caution I have gained over the years did not serve me well on treacherous terrain. What I discovered in this latest round of test rides, is part of the problem was the pedal again! All the bikes I have ridden with my super cool, love them to bits, don't look like bike shoes Cannondale clipless shoes, is that they are all MUCH easier to unclip from. Without prior experience, I did not know that they are supposed to be much easier to pop out of. Now, I am stoked about riding clipless on the roads and believe it can become second nature.

Does this question even need to be asked? My worst one was a Zero mph tumble while waiting for a late rider at a group ride. If front of about 25 other cyclist, very ebarrasing.

I have been using the Shimano SPD pedals for about six months without ever falling off. I don't have great balance, so I am surprised that I haven't. Now it is so natural to use them, I don't even think about it.

Recieved SPDs as an xmas gift from the kids (ok, the wife since the kids were 9 and 11). Went to the basement and put them on my 24" BMX cruiser, held a post, locked-in and told the kids, "Watch this!" I rode slowly across the basement and quickly realized that I did not adjust the tension on the new pedals and could not unclip. I ran out of space and went down in a slow-motion-grasping-at-anything fall. Laying there, my youngest did ask if I had to return the, "broken pedals" since it was not going to help me race.

I believe it's "Those who have fallen and those other fibbers......"