Quote Originally Posted by MamboGirl View Post
<snip>Then I don't know why I forgot the left foot was clipped. But I guess I wasn't concentrating because I tried putting the left foot down on the ground, and by the time I realized it was clipped in. it was too late. <snip>
New member here. I wanted to thank you for your post. I went down -twice- on my last ride and decided my motto was, "I am -so- going down." Here's a link to the picture that inspired the quote:

http://tropicalscreamer.blogspot.com...day-humor.html

I'm just getting back into riding. One of my old Look clipless pedals was too hard to unclip even on the "easiest" setting, so I got new Shimanos. They were so easy to unclip that I sort of forgot that I was clipped in. (I never fell with the hard-to-unclip first pair. The difficulty of clipping out made me pay attention.)

My first stop, I clipped out right and leaned left. (I was trying to switch over to unclipping the right foot first so I could stop bumping my calf against the chain/gears.)

My next stop, I clipped out left and leaned right.

One scraped elbow later, I've decided not to try to change which I unclip first. It also was a great lesson that I need to be mindful when I ride. It was definitely a lack on concentration on my part.

I'm off to read all the posts in the Forum. I am so happy to have found this spot on the 'Net thanks to a Google search.

Best regards,
Darilyn