When I came back to cycling, I "forgot" to remove the rat traps that I put on the bike back when I was cycle-communiting back when I was of an age that did not qualify for this thread.
So this weekend I took a 3 mile ride that somehow stretched to 8. Near the end, my legs were basically exhausted when I started up a hill. I realized that I wasn't going to make it up the hill about 1 1/2 milliseconds before my legs completely quit. Unfortunately it took me about 5 milliseconds to get out of my 'traps. Which meant I didn't. I just plain fell over. It happened twice within about 2 miles, and both times it was the combination of not getting out of the rat traps + muscle exhaustion = kaboom. So I've just ordered flat pedals.
I'm worried about rolling my foot off the pedals, which is why I went to 'traps in the first place. But I do wonder about the smaller toe clips, and whether if I remove the straps from my 'traps if I end up with toe clips. Comments?