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Old 12-25-20, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
Not in my experience. Think about how you prepare for a stop. You tend to lean towards the side that you are trying to remove from the pedal. If you put the right foot down, you are trying to lean to the right as you unclip and fall in that direction and, thus, into traffic. If you put left foot down, the same applies and you fall in that direction and away from traffic.

Mountain biking has taught me to remove either foot, depending on the trail, and if I fall over there...which is far more common than on the road...I fall to the side I’m trying to unclip. That comes in handy because the reason I’m trying to unclip is usually to avoid falling off the trail.
I've seen the rookie falls from failing to unclip, did it myself once. You're suggesting these falls occur with both feet still clipped in. Not that I've seen or experienced, typically the fall is because the wrong foot was unclipped for the direction they leaned (and then fell).
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