Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

You will need a pretty stiff sole for those pedals. Some hiking shoes might work well, I have worn some Merrill Moab hiking shoes on a pedal like that, but would not want something like a running shoe. (There are many Merrill Moab shoe models, mine were Goretex low cut ones.)

Decades ago, what you refer to as cages were called toe clips. Thus, the newer style of shoes that used shoe cleats were called clipless.