brett236: no if you crash, but i meant you would have crashed with flats here but maybe pulled out of it with clip-on pedals but that all depends on how fast you are rotating forward
all i'm trying to say is most crashes are worse with clip-ons than if you had flats. but this one if you had clip-ons you might have only just ridden away...you just might have to nose manual for a while afterwards.
clips are awesome and he would of clipped out as soon as his front wheel made impact.... your not super glued to the pedals you know, its not impossible to get out. this coming from someone who uses them slash knows how they work
what this dude's internal monologue probably sounded like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! It's just a bummer I was at the top of the hill when this happened.