When I came back to biking a few weeks ago, I rode with my hands on the brake hoods most of the time for the first 25 miles or so. It just felt more comfortable. I started to think that maybe I should have looked more at the comfort bikes instead of a road bike. Then, without even thinking about it, I started riding more and more down on the drops. Now I hardly ever ride upright and I'm really comfortable. I guess that's where getting fitted properly ends up paying off.

I was going to try the toe clip attachments, since that's what I had been used to, but instead I went on a few rides with regular shoes to get used to the bike and then went clipless. I don't have any horror stories to tell yet. The first few times I made sure to clip out well ahead of time. Now I can just do it when I need to. I usually leave my left foot clipped in all the time and clipping out the right has always gone smoothly. The problem I sometimes have is clipping in the right foot after starting from a stop. If I don't think about it I seem to hit the spot and click right in. Of course when I'm at a busy stop light and overthink it I end up spinning my foot off a few times before I click in.