Originally Posted by John E
That's what I have done for almost 40 years.
Not for 40 years but the plastic toeclips are great for learning how to ride with your shoes tied into the pedal. You can start out real loose and then as you get comfortable with them, tighten up the straps. That was how I gradually (over more than a year) improved the efficiency of my riding from platform pedals and eventually felt confident enough to try clipless. The efficiency improvement factor for pedaling from platform to toecages is 100%, from toecages to clipless is about 50 % more again.
But in urban riding , stop & go, I still love the ease & simplicity of toecages (toeclips). I'm now trying the PowerGrips straps as another version (with somewhat mixed success so far). Besides, the plastic toeclips are CHEAP and mounting is simple for us mechanically-impaired so experimenting is pretty easy.