Originally Posted by jim-bob
Yeah, there's a reason. Try pulling a 16-hour day on concrete in cycling shoes. Then do it again, and again. Repeat for a week or so. If your knees and back aren't killing you, you must've found comfier cycling shoes than I've been able to.
No locker or desk drawer to stash a pair of nomal shoes in? I wouldn't want to carry a pair of street/work shoes in my bag everyday, but I would if it meant I could ride to/from work, clipless. I have a suit, a warm jacket, and a few pairs of shoes at work. I know not everyone has the luxury of a closet or locker to store stuff in, but a person still has to have some sort of bag or backpack with them. The "inconvenience" of clipless is not such an inconvenience at all.