Quote Originally Posted by Elphaba View Post
SO.. I dress my wounds, recover my ego, and off I go. Riding was GREAT! Stopping ... Needs work LOL. I fell one more time (this time with witnesses ) before I figured out that I need to unclip both shoes before I stop, not just one. For some reason, if I do one, when I put my foot down, the bike goes the other way, I loose balance and ... It isn't pretty LOL. I'll get it.
Beautiful bike, and congratulations! You will get it, it just take practice to expand your muscle memory. Empty parking lots or park roads and grass fields are good places to practice. As Indy suggested, try very hard to not learn by unclipping both feet. I had the same problem when I learned how to clip in, for some reason I didn't want to lean or counter-steer my bike I unclipped/stopped which made it much easier to fall to the clipped in side. It helped me to keep a running mental loop going when I stopped, "slowing, unclip, stand & lean the bike to the side I am unclipping at the same time". This helped me a lot and my body did get it after a time. It just takes practice. Others here may have other suggestions on how they learned.

Also make certain you are applying your brakes enough so that you are stopped by the time your foot hits the ground. I still sometimes am not quite stopped when my foot hits the ground which can cause...less than graceful stopping