I was never afraid of clipless either.

When I took up mountain biking in college, I had trouble with keeping my feet on the pedals. My bike shop gave me cages (this was pre-clipless) and I fell in love with them! It was SO much better than plain platforms for me.

Years (and years and years) later when I bought my first road bike, I immediately wanted clipless. I took to them immediately and once I got the hang of them on my road bike, I switched to them on my mtn bike too (much to the relief of my husband who was embarassed by my mtn bike cages!).

I have fallen due to the clipless pedals twice. Once while standing still on the side of the road. I lost my balance and couldn't unclip the only foot that was clipped in and over I went. Oops.

The second time was when I got cocky and thought I could manoeuver my way through an s-bend gate at the head of a walking trail. I thought I was coordinated enough to ride through it without unclipping and I was wrong. It resulted in a spectacular slow motion fall that had people applauding for me (once they saw me laughing at myself). The blood running down my leg for the rest of my ride home made me look super tough, too. Luckily, I was riding my super tough commuter bike and it sustained no injuries at all.