Oh my gosh...i never should have read the previous postings! I think i might be jinxed! (just kidding...i hope!).
I was TERRIFIED to get outside on my first-ever-slickster- speedster-road bike with the scarry "lock-your-foot-into" peddals! Well, i've got about 160 miles under my belt so far this spring with no falls. Oh great...now that for sure jinxed me!
I have to say, i'm REALLY conciencious of approaching any situation that i might need to stop, and ride with my right foot unclipped but still at the 'ready' possition to clip back in if needed or just twist and wa-la, freedom. And that's a fine line!!! The only mishap i've had with the scarry "lock-your-foot-into" (technical term, feel free to throw that around to impress others!) is slammed my shin against the peddle slipping off of it, trying to go from a stop at a stop light, up hill! If you don't make that first attempt to clip in...you're a gonner!!!! Inside i'm thinking "oh sh*!, oh sh*#!!!" and then you hear the little "click" and think..."thank you God!".
Nothing better then the sound of that little "click" if you ask me!
happy clipping!
gretchen