I didn't fall for a few weeks after I got my clipless pedals.
Now I think I've gone down four times...All but one were very slow speed brain fart types of tip-overs. The other one, well...it wasn't due to the pedals! Keep your eyes on the pavement and keep away from those bike eating cracks!
Falling is ok. It's not fun, but you do learn what to do when you realize you're going down.
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10-21-2007, 07:00 AM #1
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10-21-2007, 08:25 AM #2
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The only tip over I've had was being clipped in while making a too-tight slow turn. Bounced right back up -- I didn't know I could move so quickly!
I agree with the lady who posted that after a while you'll have a difficult time with "regular" pedals. Once I got on my old bike that got platforms back when I got the road bike I ride more often, and was it ever a struggle! No upward pull, and my feet kept "falling off" the pedals!
(DH keeps swiping my wheels when he breaks one of his, so the poor thing is languishing in a corner -- I'll need pedals for it when I ever get to keep the wheels again!)
Karen in Boise
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