astonmartinag

Okay, so tonight was my first real ride using clipless. And damn, I don't know how I survived without them. I literally doubled my distance with the same amount of energy. I've already fallen though; stupid drivers. I am riding down a busy street at about 35 MPH. And all the sudden, for no reason at all, the car in front of me just slammed on his breaks. So I slammed on mine. Well, I slow down and am just about to come to a complete stop, when all the sudden I realized "OH SH*T I DIDN'T UNCLIP." So down I went, it didn't hurt, just embarrassing as hell. My favorite was a comment by a young male who said "Son, how long you be ridin'." Hopefully with practice I'll get it down to a natural reaction. But I felt good when I rode up along side a club ride and noticed when they were forced to come to an abrupt stop, some had equal struggles.

MONGO!

You were JRA at 35mph?

Randallissimo

welcome to the "first time for everybody" club!

astonmartinag

And I was going up a 14% grade hill...

Just kidding, sorry forgot to mention I was heading down a hill.

Hickeydog

Yeah, everybody has those "oh schtick" moments when using clipless.

ShadowGray

My first shoes are in the mail, can't wait for my oh schtick moments..

Shipht

Welcome to the club, I was about half way on the ground today with a new set of pedals with less float than I'm used to and just got out in time. It happens.

bitterspeak

I actually tried my clipless pedals for the first time today too!

I didn't fall but it definitely feels different. Hopefully, this can increase my ride distance.

Wanderer

I tried some clipless pedals that were inexpensive, and then switched to Shimano - what a difference!

MrCrassic 

Yeah, everyone has that n00b moment where they forget to unclip. Only happened to me once; I never had that problem again after that.

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kudude

i fell at a busy intersection. everyone falls.

on a side note, I was riding my commuter today (flat pedals) I took a downhill corner hard and went to sprint up the ensuing hill. Unfortunately, I was still in my 39-21, so the pedaling had no effect. My foot slipped off, and before I knew it I was riding on my toptube. Not comfortable. Clipless pedals are good.

chouettey

It'll happen. I thought I had conquered the clipless pedals then a few days after I got them, fell in my garage.

hammy56

first time I used clipless(on my MB) I was 5 min into the ride and down I went onto the asphalt, still clipped in, the scars on my elbow remind me now to unclip...made me feel smart...(right in front of my gf too)...