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The VERY first time I rode in them, I was fine.
The SECOND time I went out, flushed with new-found confidence, I put my foot down at the umpteenth set of lights, realised I was still clipped in, panicked too much to get my foot out in time and did the zero-MPH side-flop.
About a week later, I pulled up behind a lorry in heavy traffic, was thinking about skitching it, went to put my foot down whilst distracted with thoughts of skitching not uncliping and fell over again, because by the time I'd registered why my foot wasn't moving, I was already at 45 degrees and falling fast.
The new peds were very stiff though. But I decided it was good practice to keep them stiff, rather than loosen them off. It might've meant a couple of falls but it'd train me to make sure I clipped out approaching lights. Seems to have worked, cos I haven't fallen since. But after 30-odd years of riding flat pedals without clips, it's still slightly unnatural to be stuck to them.