help with going clipless

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Speedplay Frogs are pretty cool. No moving parts, and passive release. (love me that passive release!!!!!)

What is passive release?

There is no "click" in or out. No force needed. Passive, so there is nothing actually holding you in. Speedplay Frogs are like the lid of a pickle jar (inset in the shoe, so you walk in them like a regular shoe and don't need cleat covers) and the pedal is like the jar itself. You can slide into them straight on, and to get out you just "unscrew" the jar by turning your heel out. Frogs are self-cleaning, and just clipping in cleans the cleats. I've stepped in lots of interesting things on my commute and never had to actually dig crud out, just slid the cleat onto the pedal, et voila!

Some folks don't like the slippery feel of Frogs. (the pedals, not the amphibians) Staying in them requires posture control, because if you are sloppy you will instantly unclip. LoveDefy1, you have nothing to worry about because you already have good leg awareness and control from riding horses.

Even if you accidentally unclip, the large platform of the Frog works fine to pedal on until you can clip. More often than not, just putting my foot on the platform clips me in anyway.

I like demonstrating how easy Frogs are to get out of by clipping my empty shoe to the pedal. Then I tap the heel of my shoe with the tip of my finger and stand back as my shoe just falls right off the pedal. (again, not good if you need firm external control to keep you lined up, but very nice if you have good control and you'd rather accidentally unclip than accidentally stay clipped)

Edit to Add: Speedplay makes five quite different kinds of pedals. Make sure you know which model (Frogs, Zeros, X, Drillium, Light Action) someone is talking about when they discuss Speedplay pedals. Lots of times folks will just use the short-hand "Speedplays".