Originally Posted by TimArchy
You can't mount the clips so that they will allow you to strap in while on the spd side. Or, maybe its possible, but the stack height on the spd side is huge. your foot is way off the plane of the axle and you'd have to stretch the clip way out to fit your foot in. It would not be comfortable. Not to mention that if you crash, your foot will not come out, one of the major reasons people switched from clip and strap to clipless.
The only people at the track who regularly use anything but looks, spd-sl, or speedplay are sprinters. They have thighs approximately the size of your mom and do things like rip teeth off of cogs.
Thor Hushvod rides Looks and he is one of the best sprinter on the road. He is stronger than anyone on this forum and if he pulls out of the pedal its because either he did something wrong or the pedal is defective.
Originally Posted by endo shi
This is the only intelligent thing anyone has said.
That's about right. I know what you're talking about and I don't think you'll have any trouble at this point in time with a normal road pedal setup - LOOK or Time RXS or something until you develop some serious torquing ability. Until that time comes, I wouldn't worry about it.
That said, I don't think the old cleats-style setup would be very expensive, probably no more expensive than yours. I know you can get MKS track pedals with that weird quill for like $30. You could also probably find some used old track shoes on ebay for cheap. They'd probably be in very good condition if they weren't ridden much outside the track.