Thanks for all the tips!

I put the frogs on this morning, practiced clipping in and out for a while, and decided to go for a ride. Out on the trail, I clipped in my right foot, started pedaling, and promptly fell over. Oww. I wish I had chosen a different starting place because there was a 7inch high pavement ridge to my right, which met up with my knee in an unfriendly way. The scrape isn't too bad, but I think it's kind of bruised too. I'm icing it now, in hopes that it won't be too painful for bowling tonight.

Anyways, I wasn't about to give up, so I moved my bike to a safer location and managed to get going this time I am still kind of clumsy clipping in, so I found that I need to do 1-2 rotations with my unclipped foot staying unclipped to get up some momentum before I try to clip that foot in as well. The good news is that I did not fall again! I practiced clipping, unclipping, stopping, pedaling not clipped in, and so on all during the ride. They're certainly not reflexes yet, but if I give myself enough time, I can get out of em Oh, and I did find once or twice I had unclipped and clipped back in by accident. I made a point of pedaling unclipped on the middle of my foot after that.

It was cool though actually riding in my bike shoes, which previously I'd only used on my stationary bike. And when I was clipped in, I knew I wouldn't "fall off" the pedals like I sometimes did on the flats.

Anastasia