Do I Need To Go Clipless?

[KnottedYet]

When I was playing with my new Speedplay Frogs, I did exactly that! A shoe in one hand, the pedal in the other. The Frogs are so simple that I made a metaphor of a pickle jar... The Frog cleat is the lid of the pickle jar, and the pedal is the top of the jar. Only the Frog-jar has just a tiny tiny bit to screw onto. Like 20 degrees instead of 720 degrees. Very subtle, and not nearly as intimidating as I expected. If I let go of the shoe, it fell off the pedal. (unclipped itself) To unclip I pretend to just let my foot fall off the pedal heel first.

Once you see how they work, they are much easier to deal with. Maybe your LBS will let you play with cleats and pedals so you can see how the different systems work?

Honestly, after seeing how cool and efficient (and elegant from an engineering standpoint) Frogs are, I wouldn't consider Power Grips. I did think about using them at one point.