Well THAT didn't go well (clipless pedals)

[luvmyguys]

I'm clumsy too. I definitely am NOT going clipless on my mountain bike because there are too many sudden unexpected trail changes while mountain biking.

As for my road bike, I fell about 20 times. Yes, my poor bike was scratched from day 1. Luckily, I have hard bones.

While I'd never wish falls on anyone, I feel better knowing that I'm not the only clumsy one out there.

I wanted to learn unclipping right foot first because it's safer to fall away from traffic. Unfortunately, I found out that I strongly fall left.

Figure out which side you tend to fall towards and pick that foot to unclip first and only for now. You can wear sneakers on both feet and practice "unclipping". Once you start building up muscle memory, wear one biking shoe on the side that you unclip out first and wear a sneaker on the other foot (the foot that you prefer to unclip second) until you are comfortable.

That's pretty much what happened to me. Unclip right, fall left.

I'm putting the A530's on the bike when they come in. That way I can take all of the advice here (and on past threads!), but at my speed, and I can still ride like I want in the meantime. I was bummed yesterday because I thought the enjoyment of riding would be delayed until I could figure out the clipless. Don't want that!

Thanks for the encouragement!