Getting on and off road bike
 

I just got assembled a road bike. I have cleats on pedals and shoes that fit on to these cleats. I am having trouble in getting off (descending) my road bike. In fact I fell a couple of times. Are there any practical tips to get off the bike without getting bruised.

Welcome to Bike Forums.
First, the cleats are the things on the bottom of your shoes.
You can easily "unclip" by twisting your foot so your heel moves out away from the bike.
When slowing, unclip the foot your plan on putting on the ground when you stop. This prevents falling over, which most of us did when we first started riding with clipless pedals.

BTW: This is the Introductions forum. Tell us about yourself and your bike. Pics are nice.

You just have to do the same thing we did with toe clips forever before clipless came along: always unclip the foot you are going to put to the ground BEFORE you actually stop. And keep aware that if you do happen to stop leaning the other way, you will probably fall because your other foot is still in the clip. Don't wait until you are just about stopped to unclip.

Hello pittampalli, actually, by now you are probably past the stage where you are falling over! It doesn't really take very long to acquire that skill.

What bike are you riding?

Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions :) !

East Hill
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Thank you very much.
I am not yet gotten over the problem.
I just got knee and shoulder pads and I will put them on and implement your suggestions tomorrow.

Darn, it can take a while to learn. The knee and shoulder pads should help you get over any fears of hurting yourself, though.

East Hill

one thing that was helpful to me was to ride around in a grassy area and practice clipping and unclipping, stopping, and starting until you can do it without thinking. That way, if you're riding and a car pulls out, squirrels falls out of a tree (it happened to me), you can clip out and stop without having to worry about it. good luck!