I know this has turned into a lengthy thread, but the discussion on that is a few pages back.

Not with clipless.
But a couple times about 30 years ago while riding with clips & straps!

I fell several times when I first started using clipless pedals. I fell because I forgot about the pedals and was braking for a stop. I have also fallen over after really long rides and my legs were too tired to do the correct motion to unclip (those were really tired legs on really long rides). I fell once on a steep hill - going really slow and didn't have time to unclip or something.

I think one can draw the conclusion that at least half of those who fell were too stupid to try and learn how to use them before going out for a ride wearing them. I mean spending 10 minutes on a trainor learning how to clip and unclip aint a big deal.

Yeah, sheesh, what a bunch of dumbasses for not buying a trainer when they went clipless, eh? And don't get me started on all the idiots who rode tons of miles clipless, but then had a situation where they didn't unhook in time! Gawd, they obviously are just stoopid and should just quit cycling now, eh?

I think one can draw the conclusion that you don't have a clue what you are talking about.

the .5 mph fall is a rite of passage for road cyclists. My first was with clips and straps. Hasn't happened to me in 15 years though.

You don't need a trainer. One foot on the ground, clip the other in and out. Got the hang of it? Good, go riding. I have no advice on which way to lean as you come to a stop. If you can't figure that out, stick to flat pedals.

My first clipless fall was on an mtb. I'd had the pedals for the entire summer and really had not had issues. Then in early July we rode over the Divide from Rollinsville and down in to Winter Park, taking some sweet single track and flying into town. Sure enough, we pulled up to one of the two stop lights in town and, as we wait for a group of young women to cross in front of us, I sloooowly ...fell.....over. Ended up laying under the bike still clipped in.

shoulda got on a trainer for 10 minutes, stupid poopy head.



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Change my vote
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i say umd is still wrong

Of course he is. Because... no matter how good and adept as you may be in clipless, there is one universal law.... "SH*T HAPPENS".

Nah. I'm sure there are people more coordinated than I. I hadn't fallen till this am.

Damn new cleats!*




(*Yes, that's my official excuse)

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hey, umd.

http://www.slapyo.com/wp-content/wrong06.jpg

Twice. Once in the parking lot at Curry Village in Yosemite and the other day in front of the tire shop that was installing tires on my car. The first was with spd and the recent one was spd-sl. In both cases, it was a mental lapse..a split second of not paying attention. My fault, not the pedals.

The point is, would you have fallen with conventional platform pedals with no foot retention? Could you say, "If I were using regular pedals, I would've caught myself."?

How can I be wrong? It was a poll.

Holy crap, 182 people lied about this already!

The hotter they are the more pathetically you fall down.

It's especially hard on a fixed gear. Tried that once, spent 5 minutes getting my foot into the pedal.

Now, clipless on a fixed gear: A gift from God.

You make me sad.

Today. I was getting out of the gate by my place and had my right foot clipped. I almost got clipped by a car and dodged right... First scratch on my new baby... It gives her character.

fail

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I have only been riding for a little more than two months, and yesterday was my first day with clipless pedals, and I did fall. I was using speedplays. I remembered to unclip each time I stopped - I actually fell trying to get in. I had the right foot clipped in and was trying to get the left one to clip and was concentrating too on hard on that and wasnt paying attention to my speed and I fell over to my right. No injuries, but it did hurt quite a bit.

The first week or so, its really a revolutionary change. Falling a couple times initially is normal. Practice before you hit the road , so that you fall in controlled conditions. When you get used to it, it will be totally automatic. You'll unclick without a second thought.

I've fallen because I was exhausted mentally or physically and couldn't get my foot out period. I've fallen because some jerk cut me off when I was coming to a stop and I tipped over on the clipped in side. Same happened trying to avoid a speeding car at an intersection under heavy braking. I've fallen because I lost traction.

But I don't think I've really ever fallen because of the pedals themselves.

Voted yes though because I think these apply in the spirit of the poll question.

Yes

Yes

Maybe... did you fall when you were stopped or still moving? Would it have mattered if you were not clipped in?

No