Quote Originally Posted by gabriellesca View Post
Okay - sorry to be totally dumb about this - but I don't understand unclipping on the higher side - which I think is what two of you guys have said. If you turn the bike more perpendicular, wouldn't you unclip on the side that you're going to put your foot down on and that probably would be the lower side - don't you want the bike to tilt down since the moment will be facing down.

Now I've confused myself but for instance, I unclip with my left foot. So you're saying if I unclip with my left foot - I should turn to the right and try to unclip with my left? But now your bike it tilted more to the right - so you'd have to push it back to the left. confused?

Sorry - I'm so bad with direction like this.
If you unclip with your left foot, you steer the bike to the right slightly. Your bike at this point will still be upright. Unclip your left foot, then lean and stop like normal. You're creating an angle between your direction of travel and the road's. This way, the distance between the pedal and the ground is shortest. The other, more important reason for doing this (especially if you have slippery road shoes) is that if you unclip on the low side, the distance between the pedal and the road is greater, and you're more likely to fall. (This is where I need a diagram with stick figures.)