Two weeks ago I headed to the bike path on a beautiful day; the last day of my vacation. Some guy that had never been on that part of the trail before wanted to ride with me for a while. Fine. Then he moved on. Later, I found him on the side of the trail with bike problems. As I was pulling over, asking if he needed help, I forgot all about taking my foot out of the clip. I guess I can't talk and stop my bike at the same time. Anyway, over I went, without ever getting my foot loose. Seriously embarrassed; major bruises all over the place from hitting the ground, the bike hitting me. Completely humiliating. Then when I tried to move on, my chain fell off and for some danged reason I couldn't get it back on without his help. More humiliation. I rode my old bike around my neighborhood for a while after that, letting my bruises and my pride recover. It was more embarrassing than when I fell in the parking lot of the LBS during a test ride; forgot to take my foot out of the toe clip.