I bought my first pair of clipless pedals at the suggestion of my ship's medical officer. He said if I didn't like them, he'd buy them off me for whatever I paid.

This was 1990 so the best thing (and almost the only thing) was the Looks. I got everything all attached and took off riding. Did ok with them for most of the day. I used to have Look bindings on my skis and so the mechanism was familiar to me.

Then, about a half mile from NAS Alameda, I stop at a light. Cute girls in the car next to me. I get distracted and gracefully tip over. Once I extract myself from the pedals and get upright, one of the aforementioned cute girls looks over at me and says "You are supposed to unclip BEFORE you fall over."

Thanks.