Putting the pedal anywhere besides the cleat unfortunatelly doesnt work for me. My shoes slip right away. You are right Robbin_G though, I am right leg dominant, and all this time i was unclipping with my right foot, duhhh, see the L sign on my forehead ( cause i do . Well now i know the proper way.

Hey AuntieK, I had a problem like you before also, I think the secret with Speedplays is that your foot has to be absolutely parallel to the pedal for an easy clip in. Otherwish it won't work well.

Well I am so new to clipless club that I still have hope to master it one day. Well I sort of have to, as I tend to do North Fork century this august. Good luck