I've been cycling for a year with a trekking bike, then changed to clipless pedals and have cycled everywhere with no particular problems... Just a little fear in the beginning but everything turned out fine.... Now I' ve bought a wonderful road bike, have fallen once, now sitting on my couch looking at it, wondering why I am afraid to ride it? I have instability when braking , unclip , until I put my foot down....I start wonder whether the saddle is high...