Little miss gung-ho over here decided she was all ready to clip in and...promptly tipped over. After lying there for a few seconds like a roly poly bug on its back, I was wondering if this was worth the pain. I had read extensively about needing enough momentum to coast before clipping in the second foot, but that knowledge went out the window the second I thought I was all ready to go.

After an hour of psyching myself up again and reminding myself that I've been able to ride a bike long before I had clipless shoes, I got back up and was pleasantly surprised to be able to take a few spins around my neighborhood without a problem. I was clipping in and unclipping, stopping and starting, and repeating the process over and over. Yay! I'm going to go for a longer ride tomorrow and see how it goes.