Originally Posted by
frymaster
fully agreed when it comes to pedalling, but i submit there's a dramatic difference in ease of getting into and out of a cleated system. back in ye olde days i took at least a teeter-over fall a month because i couldn't pop the strap fast enough. ugh.
Hasn't been a problem here. Practice makes perfect, I guess.
plus, if you're a vegetarian (which i assume mr. thompson is, given his avatar) finding non-leather cleat shoes is probably impossible.
Vegetarian =/ vegan. I have no moral objection to leather. And if you do have a problem with leather,
Yellow Jersey sells slotted cleats for use with modern plastic shoes:
More power to ya, but I doubt that plastic is any more environmentally benign than leather.