Ok so I finally decided to go clipless.
First of all I wanted to apologize to all the people I was asking about the safety of the system in this forum as it apparently is not as dangerous as I thought it to be. I had about 6 rides so far and even once when I forgot that I was clipped on the pedals and stoped to look around for direction and I almost fell. -even then- the cleat dissengaged and I did not hit the ground...
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It does make a big difference IMO as you somehow get the "double'' stamina in a ride, or so it appears to me as once you get tired of "pushing" down the crank, you can start "lifting" up and still go on... But I just came back from a trip to a village where it kinda was cycling - licious because of low traffic and no traffic lights to the city.
I had a ride today and I needed to engage and dissengage the pedals about 30 times in a 20km ride inside the city.
You think there is a point cycling clipped in the city? Or do you just dont bother clipping since you know you are gonna have to un-clip the pedals after a few meters and just ride without using the system? Once you clip the pedals its ok but it still takes me a while to correctly position the pedals for engaging them with the cleats and doing that every 5 minutes is a bit tedious...
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