Originally Posted by Astronomical
I have a friend who is adamant that his Alpha Mercury came brakeless and that it was made for the velodrome and refuses to put toeclips on despite his obvious disability to slow down (bouncing, bumping, losing footing, jostling, etc.) and a garage full of great parts.
Your friends argument holds less water then a seive. Even if you DO buy the argument that the bike should be kept in track racing configuration for some misguided sense of track purity, find me a bike raced on a track without a foot retension system. Racing without clips or clipless pedals would still be stupid in the extreme. You might as well also put on cyclocross knobbies, and a "lap me" sign on your back.