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Sixty Fiver 10-15-09 11:57 PM
Have never fallen while using clipless (spd's) but have come close and have fallen while using them but not because of them (riding the mtb).

coasting 10-16-09 01:25 AM
Originally Posted by Sgt C USMC (Post 9867342)
I fell. Hard. Okay, I didn't fall, but I really wished I did considering what happened.

I was on my way back home at the tail end of a 25 mile ride , and I pulled up to a stop light. I unclipped the left foot out of my Time RSX pedals, and put my left foot down waiting for the light to turn green . As I was waiting, a truck entered my 'comfort zone' or the 1 foot bubble around my bike. Instinctively, I moved my left foot inward to avoid it gettiing run over. This caused me to shift my weight over to the right side, promptly standing the bike back upright with my right foot still clipped in. I was tipping over to the right side, and I didn't want to fall over to that side, there was a curb at about rib height and I probably would've fractured one or two if I had landed on it. I panicked.

What happened next was as far from graceful as possible. I jerked and jerked (because your brain doesn't think 'TWIST!!' ) and eventually I yanked my foot out of the cleat. Unfortunately the force necessary to accomplish this also yanked me out of the saddle and forward, and I ended up landing square on the crossbar (I'll let your imaginations figure out what part of me landed on the crossbar). To add insult to injury, once my feet finally came down underneath me, they came down with such force that I broke one of my brand new cleats and scuffed the CF on my new Specialized BG Comp shoes. To make matters worse, that stoplight hadn't turned green yet, so I was forced to sit there like an idiot while the entire intersection pointed and laughed at my misfortune. I'm sure it's on a Youtube video somewhere.

And top it all of , that intersection still left me 5 more miles of hilly riding before I got home, which left me PLENTY of time to think just how STUPID that was.

So author, does THAT count as falling ?
that made my day becasue from the username i'm assuming you are a military person. one of my most humiliating falls was at a traffic light and next to me was a truck load of soldiers. i fell away from the truck into the bushes on the side of the road. guess how smpathetic the truck load of soldiers watching this were? they all wet themselves laughing and pointing and shouting out their approval of my comedy act!

coasting 10-16-09 03:59 AM
i suspect half the NOs also claim average speeds of 30 mph

Metzinger 10-16-09 04:07 AM
Originally Posted by coasting (Post 9867625)
i suspect half the NOs also claim average speeds of 30 mph
And the other half have never fallen. Even as kids.

umd 10-16-09 07:02 AM
Originally Posted by Metzinger (Post 9867629)
And the other half have never fallen. Even as kids.
I doubt many kids are riding clipless...

Phantoj 10-16-09 08:08 AM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9867986)
I doubt many kids are riding clipless...
My six year-old is still on clips and straps.

Tsuru 10-16-09 08:19 AM
hey umd, coming to any conclusions with your survey yet?

baj32161 10-16-09 08:35 AM
I fell during my first ride with clipless in a large vacant parking lot across the street from my house. It was a state government building and it was empty on the weekend...lucky for me. It only took me that one fall to learn how to clip out quickly. I have, so far, managed to avoid the embarrassment of falling down in traffic though...not that I haven't fallen since. I once fell riding into Manayunk during the US Pro Championships in Philly when I clipped the back wheel of the guy in front of me, so I was a doofus twice in a span of 5 seconds.

I have been using spd pedals since I began riding clipless back in 2005 and have thought of going to Look pedals but I like walking like a normal person when i get off of the bike.

Cheers,

Brian J.

AMFJ 10-16-09 08:42 AM
I've only been riding for about 3 months. 2 of those months I've been clipless on my road bike--I haven't fallen yet. These posts make me paranoid though. I'm also nowhere close to 30mph without a huge honkin' downhill

My mountain bike--platform pedals---I'd need a wheelchair if I went clipless on it at this point. I've owned it about 2 months.

Sgt C USMC 10-16-09 08:45 AM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9867353)
No, but it sounded funny!
It sure seemed hilarious for everyone who WASNT me, that's for sure. :twitchy:

Sgt C USMC 10-16-09 08:52 AM
Originally Posted by coasting (Post 9867500)
that made my day becasue from the username i'm assuming you are a military person. one of my most humiliating falls was at a traffic light and next to me was a truck load of soldiers. i fell away from the truck into the bushes on the side of the road. guess how smpathetic the truck load of soldiers watching this were? they all wet themselves laughing and pointing and shouting out their approval of my comedy act!
Ah good ol karma , right ? Yes, I am currently in the Marine Corps. I know I don't have a bio yet, but I'll work on one soon. Sorry to hear that the soldiers didn't come to your aid. I'd like to say if you had been seriously hurt they would've, but I'm not psychic. I'd hope so though.

Trust me buddy, they were laughing at your bicycle shorts before you ever fell. How do I know ? Because every morning I ride into work, they're either snickering at me in mine, or keep giving me second glances. So either they're making fun of me, or Don't Ask Don't Tell is much more of a failed project than previously thought. :innocent:

Kneez 10-16-09 12:38 PM
Originally Posted by Bontrager (Post 9853422)
Everyone that voted "no" is lying.
Like many others, I already had plenty of experience with the old style cleats so switching over was not such a big deal. I had already done my cleat falls back in the day. Clipless are just so much easier to get out of that falling doesn't seem like a great probability (I will probably regret typing that, no doubt).

I do confess though that sometimes I still have trouble getting INTO them rather than getting out. That can look pretty stupid as well.

umd 10-16-09 12:56 PM
Originally Posted by Kneez (Post 9870117)
Like many others, I already had plenty of experience with the old style cleats so switching over was not such a big deal. I had already done my cleat falls back in the day. Clipless are just so much easier to get out of that falling doesn't seem like a great probability (I will probably regret typing that, no doubt).

I do confess though that sometimes I still have trouble getting INTO them rather than getting out. That can look pretty stupid as well.
And although I never had the old style clips, I believe that being able to trackstanding makes a big difference.

mattm 10-16-09 03:19 PM
Originally Posted by Tsuru (Post 9868397)
hey umd, coming to any conclusions with your survey yet?
If you ever fell with clipless, Don't Go To Europe.

coasting 10-16-09 03:22 PM
i say we move half the NOs to YES and then re-name this thread UMD gets

http://philosophia.typepad.com/photo...01/05/pwnd.jpg

umd 10-16-09 03:26 PM
wut

molecularman 10-16-09 03:28 PM
I have yet to fall after about three months of using them. I think that's only because I seem to accidentally unclip just before I tank it though.

umd 10-16-09 03:31 PM
Originally Posted by Tsuru (Post 9868397)
hey umd, coming to any conclusions with your survey yet?
1) about the ratio I expected.
2) some people have a different concept of "most" than I do.
3) some people cannot accept that others have not fallen.
4) some people didn't understand the question

Ed Holland 10-16-09 03:59 PM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9871163)
1) about the ratio I expected.
2) some people have a different concept of "most" than I do.
3) some people cannot accept that others have not fallen.
4) some people didn't understand the question
I cannot accept this.

(because I fell :()

Kneez 10-16-09 06:25 PM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9870224)
And although I never had the old style clips, I believe that being able to trackstanding makes a big difference.
Probably so. With the old clips I made more of an effort to trackstand because I didn't want to go through the hassle unbinding and rebinding but now it doesn't seem to make too much difference. It's hard to remember the falls now but I know at least one was from a failed trackstand at a traffic light.

Tsuru 10-16-09 08:15 PM
So.... sis is in town and we were out riding around, she's tall (about 5' 10") so she fit enough on my Kapu for the kind of riding we were doing (easy peasy bike path and around town stuff). She doesn't have clipless shoes, so I put the clips on for her.

No problems until this one intersection, pretty busy, we found ourselves in a left turn lane with cars flying by and she could get out in time and fell to her right on to me, already had my left foot down but suddenly was being pushed over to the right! Ack! Alllllmost fell, got my right foot out juuuust in the nick of time, almost fell into oncoming cars.

*Phew*

urbanknight 10-16-09 08:31 PM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9871163)
1) about the ratio I expected.
2) some people have a different concept of "most" than I do.
3) some people cannot accept that others have not fallen.
4) some people didn't understand the question
It takes a wise person to pay attention to conclusions that were not part of the original intention.


Originally Posted by Ed Holland (Post 9871314)
I cannot accept this.

(because I fell :()
Are you suggesting that there aren't any people who did not fall who can't accept the idea that there are people who did not fall? :D

sinclac 10-16-09 10:29 PM
Had the shoes and pedals a week and fell over today.:(

gnome 10-17-09 01:21 AM
Originally Posted by Tsuru (Post 9868397)
hey umd, coming to any conclusions with your survey yet?
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9871163)
1) about the ratio I expected.
2) some people have a different concept of "most" than I do.
3) some people cannot accept that others have not fallen.
4) some people didn't understand the question
So quick conclusions: The majority of people using clipless pedals will or have fallen due to failing to unclip from their pedals, usually just after learning. The rest have either suffered their pratfalls prior to the introduction of clipless pedals or are skilled/alert/lucky etc enough to have avoided falling due to failing to uncliping (bastiges :p).

Atol 10-17-09 01:55 AM
Shortly after watching UMD's "How to Trackstand" video he posted somewhere a while back, I tried to do it myself while clipped in and nearly fell.

mike047 10-17-09 05:37 AM
Originally Posted by umd (Post 9871163)
1) about the ratio I expected.
2) some people have a different concept of "most" than I do.
3) some people cannot accept that others have not fallen.
4) some people didn't understand the question
This my understanding of "most";
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most

How would your understanding differ?

I have fallen 4 times in the last 10 weeks. I have not fallen since I got my new Shimano pedals.:D

Tsuru 10-17-09 05:42 AM
Originally Posted by Atol (Post 9873376)
Shortly after watching UMD's "How to Trackstand" video he posted somewhere a while back, I tried to do it myself while clipped in and nearly fell.
I DID fall.... fall over laughing! hardy har har. ;)

pharmboyrx 10-17-09 05:46 AM
I fell over my first time on a bike with clipless. I was test riding my OCR, pulled up to the LBS, and realized what was about to happen. All I could think is "you scratch it you bought it!!" Totally sacrificed the body on that one.

umd 10-17-09 08:10 AM
Originally Posted by pharmboyrx (Post 9873512)
I fell over my first time on a bike with clipless. I was test riding my OCR, pulled up to the LBS, and realized what was about to happen. All I could think is "you scratch it you bought it!!" Totally sacrificed the body on that one.
You used clipless pedals for the first time on a bike you were test riding?

:roflmao:

pharmboyrx 10-17-09 08:26 AM
It came with SPDs and I had some mountain bike shoes sitting around I had never used so I just threw them on and took it for a ride.


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