Thank you for posting this!
I was feeling so inept because I have had a road bike for 12 years and I still feel this way whenever I try riding it again. I used to ride it all the time and I loved it but in recent years (the last 8) I have tried from year to year to ride and I always get discouraged because I feel so wobbly and unable to control the bike.
I just finial went out and bought a hybrid this year and have loved riding it because it is so easy to just hop on and go. I use the same clip less on the hybrid as I do on the road bike but it is way harder on the road bike.
I think I will try platform pedals too and see if that makes me feel any differently.
I pedal for chocolate
1999 Klein Quantum - Terry butterfly Ti
2011 Trek Utopia - Bontrager Nebula Plus...for now