Interesting pedal question

[7rider]

Ok I have a question that none of you may not be able to anwser but here goes. All you ladies that ride clipless is there a point that your feet will atomatically be released from the pedals? I mean like when you and the bike are upside down?

Ouch.
Yeah...please...no more upside down tricks on the bike! To borrow a phrase from (I think) car racing: Keep the stick side down...the shiny side up!
I suppose with enough force, they'll all release. Like others here, I have my own "Crash and release" story - only my crash was at a shallow angle into a tree and the foot released in a way not necessarily intended by the pedal design (they were Ritchey's, I think). I ended up with a torn lateral collateral ligament and medial meniscus. Ouch.

[mimitabby]

hey Andrea, loosen your SPD's!! it's easy to do!!

[Tuckervill]

I just got Speedplay Frogs this year for my road bike. I read the directions. They say that the pedals are NOT designed to unclip automatically in a spill. I remember that kind of thing when I read it.

I fell over in the grass at the Big Dam Bridge ride--I was trying to take off, but my front wheel went into a little dent in the grass, and I was in too high a gear. I did that slow-mo fall to my right side. I unclipped left to try and save myself (I had time to say, "I'm going to FA---(boom)LL!", but the right didn't unclip until I hit the dirt.

It didn't hurt. I looked around to see if anyone noticed and NO ONE except my son did, even though we were both laughing pretty hard.

Karen

[crazycanuck]

i think my left foot would have unclipped when i hit the ground when i crashed. I have no clue how my right foot got off my bike..i think kim may have had to pull a few times to get my foot out. i have no memory of this part.

i use crank bros and normally they pop out easily..when i'm in control that is.

c

[OakLeaf]

I'm amazed that you all can recall the details of your crashes so well.

When I got up from my lowside this fall that slammed me really hard onto my left side, not only was I unclipped, but I had a very small patch of road rash on the outside of my *right* leg. I have absolutely no idea how that happened.

[Andrea]

hey Andrea, loosen your SPD's!! it's easy to do!!

They're as loose as they can be- they are just cheap (nashbar brand, on clearance), and they were brand new, so they were very crispy! By the end of the 40 minute race, they'd loosened up a bit & now they feel fine.