Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 1,533
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Bikes: 1964(?) Frejus Tour de France, 1967(?) Dawes Double Blue, 1979 Trek 710, 1982 Claud Butler Dalesman, 1983 Schwinn Paramount Elite, 1984 Miyata 1000, 2014 Brompton, maybe a couple more
I have cups on many of my bikes, which are basically toe clips without the straps. Like John Nolan, my riding style is pretty casual. Cups give you a decent percentage of the efficiency of clips or clipless with much less constraint. Velo Orange normally carries an inexpensive cup that attaches like a clip, but they're out of stock right now. You can use a toe clip and just take the strap off, but they kind of look like you don't know what you're doing.