Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

The OP is riding to work and class. Presumably he doesn't want to wear bike shoes all day at work or in school. But he wants the benefit of clipless on longer rides where's he's not commuting.

The campus pedals are the perfect solution for this (hence the name Campus) My daughter raced juniors with those pedals, and was still able to ride to the friend's house down the street in flip flops.

And I've seen a numbe of people use them in fast group rides with no ill effect.

IMHO, about the best answer you're going to find if you want to commute in street clothes, and do longer rides in bike shoes on the same bike, and don't want to be bothered changing pedals.