Originally Posted by
provisional
I commute ~30 miles round trip and use pedals with toe clips. I like riding with the clips tight, to the point where I need to reach down and loosen the clip to get my foot out. That's obviously extremely unsafe, but I've found that I pedal faster and more comfortably with the clips tight.
I recall recently hearing that to have the maximum efficiency, the toe clips need to be very tight. Years ago I had toe clips and never really felt that comfortable with them. When I had them snug I always had issues getting my foot out.