Thank you. Artista, I cringed after reading your post! I'm glad you're healed up now.

Scenarios like that are why I have toe clips and straps on every bike I own. Pedals get very slippery when wet on road rides. On a technical mtb trail, I could just picture the disasters that would happen if I slipped off a pedal.

Some posters on another forum have suggested that I go clipless because toe clips and straps can cause injury, but I've never experienced that. When I had SPDs I had several slow speed crashes due to not being able to unclip in time. No injuries though.