Thanks for the comments, bikerchick68! I didn't get back to the forum before my Wed. ride, however, to see them then.

I actually don't have much problem clipping out of the Zeros at all. If I did, I wouldn't chance riding them as that could be so dangerous and result in a fall. They are harder to clip out of than my old X-2s and my Eggbeaters on my Bike Friday and mtb, but a firm twist of the ankle, and I am out, no problem. I never fear not being able to get out of them.

The problem I have is clipping IN. I have to really work that first foot (my left, not the side I broke my pelvis on) in to start up, and then it's often very hard to get my second (right) foot clipped in once I am riding along. This was even before my accident. Sometimes it clips in fairly easily, but sometimes it takes up to a mile after a start to get clipped in! Needless to say, this is quite frustrating.

I did do the ride Wednesday with the Zeros. They are nearly brand new and very clean, so I didn't re-lube them (I have tried that with no significant change in the past). I was able to clip in okay on the left, and about 75% of the time on the right (there were a lot of lights and stop signs on this ride) I got in relatively quickly, but a couple of times it took awhile, one time around a full mile, to clip in on the right. I am still hoping they'll loosen up some over time. My husband said his did, and he can clip right into mine no problem with his cleats if he stands over my bike, but he also weighs 50 lbs more than me. I only weigh 105 or so, and I just don't seem to be able to put enough weight into clipping in that they seem to require.

On a positive note, it was no harder to clip in now (post-injury) than before my injury, and it didn't hurt my hip/pelvis at all to clip in or out. All the clip-in/clip-out action seems to be from the knee down. I don't want as much float as Speedplay Frogs provide since I think too much float gave me different problems. I seem to need very little float (about 3% is fine, my knees don't complain and I can climb out of the saddle much better), and that's why I got the Zeros. Paid through the nose too, for the titanium ones, so I am a bit frustrated that I am having such problems using them - just like cruziegirl sounds like she was having....

Emily