Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Prior to clipless pedals, professional riders used toeclips and slotted cleats, which provide just as secure foot retention as clipless. The advantage of clipless is is not more secure foot retention (just look at current track riders who use clipless pedals supplemented by straps) but rather ease of entry and exit.
That is something I completely agree with, and wrote in a previous comment.
In the sentence you quoted, I was comparing clipless vs no-foot-retention.