Quote Originally Posted by tlkiwi
It so is. I went clipless when I bought a bike that came with SPDs. I'd read all kinds of horror stories here and I just thought "Bugger that - I am not going to let myself fall!" I took all the good advice I had seen here and practiced a little in my hallway before going for a spin around the very quiet streets in my imediate neighbourhood. I am yet to fall because I haven't unclipped in time. (I have, however, found some much stupider ways to come off: cornering at speed on pavers covered in gravelly bits in the dark, for instance... )
That's actually a good way to come off... How did you manage to fall WHILE moving at speed and NOT get hurt enough to use a emoticon instead of a THAT's what I have to figure out... the art of falling... in case it happens again.