My only fall from not unclipping in time was SO NOT MY FAULT! It was one of my first times on the tandem (which was my first experience with clips). We were stopped. I was clipped in, DH was not. We were taking off up a steep incline. He had some brilliant plan for getting us going, which was different from our norm, but didn't share it with me. We, therefore, lost our balance before DH was ever even clipped in. He tried to balance the bike with his right leg on the ground, and I feverishly tried to unclip as the bike went down in slow motion on a major street, cars passing, people laughing hysterically at the beached whale. (Well, they were laughing in my mind, anyways!)

Since then I've gotten used to them and now have them on my new single. Haven't fallen yetm, though sometimes I scare myself a little! I'm even proud of myself that I wait as long as I do to unclip now. I used to unclip way sooner than necessary, but the more I ride, the more I know how much time I need and can even cruise slowly up to a red light, in hopes of it turning green before I have to stop all the way, without fear of falling over. Check out me and my bad clipping self! (Now that I said that, I'll probably be sharing a falling over story tomorrow!)