Poll for those who ride clipless

[Lise]

I'm right handed, and unclip ambidextrously. I unclip whichever foot needs to go down at the time. Usually that's the right, to stop at a curb/stoplight, but sometimes it's the left, if I'm in the left turn lane, for example.

So I couldn't participate in the poll, because it's only my feet that are ambidextrous! I'm pretty aggressively right handed. I used to say that my left hand was there for decoration only, but then I began to appreciate all the things my left hand does. It does a lot. Props to the left hand.

[lph]

I haven't read the whole thread ('net is really slow here today, maddening) but I unclip my left though I'm right-footed because I want my right leg and right hand controlling my bike when I push off.

But I'm not sure if being right-handed necessarily means you're right-footed. Which foot would you pefer to use to boot a football across a field? In my case definitely the right, therefore both right-handed and right-footed.

[GLC1968]

I haven't read the whole thread ('net is really slow here today, maddening) but I unclip my left though I'm right-footed because I want my right leg and right hand controlling my bike when I push off.

But I'm not sure if being right-handed necessarily means you're right-footed. Which foot would you pefer to use to boot a football across a field? In my case definitely the right, therefore both right-handed and right-footed.

LPH - I've always questioned the 'left-footed' thing too. I write with my right hand, and I kick with my right foot...but I naturally skate and do gymnastics as a left-hander (meaning I spin, jump and 'tumble' more dominantly in the same direction as someone who is left-handed). I think a lot of it is learned though. When I first learned to drive a car, I could only drive with my right hand. Now I drive predominantly with my left (I prefer a standard transmission so I had to learn). When I was a kid, I started learning to write with both hands but the nuns at my school told me to pick a hand and I picked my right (no idea why). From that point on, they made me use my right hand so that I wouldn't get confused. When I snowboard, I go both ways - so it's always confusing when I rent one. When I shoot, I hold the gun with my right, but I sight with my left eye. I learned to play the guitar left-handed but the viola right-handed. I'm a total mess!!!

This is partly why I did the survey...I couldn't tell anything from my own messed up experience!!