Well, I actually tried clipless on my boyfriends bike ( we are the same height) and I was thinking on getting them right away. But then when I started to have all these problems with relaxing and the bike would just get out of control, I thought that clipless are too early for me since I can't even control the bike. Well now I am really considering it......Hope to go riding this weekend, will see how it will go. Skiing black diamond seems easier to me now than go clipless but I am going to be persistant.