And quite a bit of room in your panniers to keep that second pair of shoes. And cleaning up the old shoes before tossing them in the panniers if they are wet or dirty. And repeating that process everytime you want to get off the bike and walk around. I've been in a couple bike accidents, not a single one had anything to do with my feet not being latched to the pedals. Maybe if I ever got into racing or serious mountain biking, I'd think differently, I've just never run into a personal situation where the biking I do even comes close to necessitating a foot latched to a pedal for safety. My Izumi running shoes "lock" in quite nicely to the steel pedals on my Le Tour, my foot does not move around, even in the rain.

If you can wait a month, I'll have a nice review for you on walking long distances on cobblestone streets in the Rumbles!

All my bikes have platforms. The new one getting built for a tour has toe clips and leather straps, simply because it came with them. I'm giving them a shot, but as I've never realized a problem without retention, I don't foresee them benefiting me much (although they did feel nice in a shakedown run). I chose to order some bike specific shoes because the old running shoes I had were wearing thin and causing some numbness on the ball of my left foot, hopefully the stiff sole adds some more support. I'm not using them with cleats, just bought them for the foresole stiffness.