Originally Posted by Re-Cycle
For goodness sakes don't use skate shoes with clips/straps. Wear a slender pair of shoes like a set of sambas or search the thrift stores for a old set of avocet cycling shoes.
Why not just run clipless at that point. Other then cycling specific shoes what are slender and stiff? Skate shoes or other wider stiff shoes work pretty well as long as you loosen the strap to get your foot in. They usually have a decent tread on them too.
Originally Posted by eat_raw
And I'll never get to the point where I can disengage as naturally or quickly. There's just something about the thing that's just not comfortable for me.
Only if you don't use them...
The whole reason everyone switched in the first place is because they are easier and faster to get out of.