Ms. Coordinated Here. Falling with Clipless Pedals

[KnottedYet]

Anyhoo...I'm wondering if maybe you haven't figured out which is your 'chocolate foot' yet? This is the foot that your body naturally gravitates to while you are riding. An easy way to tell is to see which foot is forward when you are going down hills and out of the saddle. It will feel more natural to have one foot forward vs. the other. This is usually the same foot that comes out of your pedal at a stop.

Nope, I'm just the opposite. Left foot likes to be forward, and right foot likes to clip out first (and always has, even back in the dark ages before you were born and all we had were cages). Never heard it called "chocolate foot" in all my years of riding. Nice name.

Left foot and left hand like to be in charge of the bike. I'm left-handed, too. Right hand will get the water bottle and right foot will reach for the ground.

[tctrek]

I've had three zero mph falls and always with an audience of other riders. How embarrassing. My worst one was the first day I was riding clipless. After riding about 25 miles, crossing many side streets where we had to stop, clip out and clip back in, I was thinking I was on top of the world. 25 miles clipless without a single incident! Yay me! Then we pulled up beside a nice cool creek where there were about 10 riders stopped for a little rest and social time. We pulled up, I unclipped (I do the left side first). Leaned to the right with right foot still clipped in and skated right into the creek. Up to my knees in water up to my ankles in creek mud. It was humiliating.

Zero mph falls are what happens when you lose focus just a little. Gets ya every time.