BC installed Keo Classic pedals on my road bike today.  It's been years since I used clipless pedals.  Les and Si, my tri coaches, asked me last night why I did not want them.  They thought perhaps I crashed and therefore refused to use them.  I never had a traumatic experience with them, I just found no fun in riding with them.  I rode my Cannodale road bike with the clipless pedals because I thought I had no choice.  I rode the bike to and from work in the Bay area for a while and was thrown off balance with my back pack.  Also, I had trouble getting out of the pedals which caused falls more like tip overs.  BC switched them out to platforms.  I have used them ever since and refused to use the clipless pedals. 

I realized at Wildflower that I definitely need clipless pedals for efficiency and made that one of my goals for 2008.  I enjoyed riding my bike on my trainer today with the keo classic pedals.  It made me think why I didn't want them in the first place.  I guess the real answer is that I don't feel like I'm in control with the clipless pedals.   I will feel comfortable once I have practiced until I feel like I'm in control.