Hello fellow Newbie!

I too fell over 3 times...and I also got the chain ring tattoo from catching myself from a close call fall!

I had a hard time with the spd clipless.....I got light action speedplays, and haven't had an issue since! Now...I need to learn how to DRINK and RIDE at the same time ...w/out dropping the water bottle (AGAIN)!! lol

oh...and when during my first left turn with traffic at controlled light....I took my spot in the lane...got going pretty good...and was delighted when I clipped right in like a pro!.....BUT didn't raise high enough when I went to put my butt on the saddle...and the front of the seat actually grabed my shorts and yanked them down....thank goodness for stretchy spandex...otherwise I'd been sideways smiling at the cars behind me!!! LOL.... (took a couple of corrective movements to unhitch my shorts...and from behind.....I must have looked like I was riding a bucking bronco!!!!