congrats, clipless wonder! They do make a huge difference, I think. And it's considered a time-honored rite of passage to do the I-forgot-to-unclip-slo-mo-crash at the intersection. A friend of mine warned me about that somewhat gleefully before my first road ride then proceeded to do just that midway through the ride. "Must be something wrong with my pedals..." was what I heard her muttering for the rest of the ride....