Originally Posted by froze

Yes they use toe clips and straps-the double strap kind. Straps (even the single strap variety) and clips are still stronger then clipless and that's why sprinters and track bikes only use clip pedals and toe straps. And in the normal world, not on the track, you don't crash any worse with clips as you would with clipless. And your analogy of a crash while staying strapped in is wrong; actually if your feet remain in the pedals your chance of breaking a leg or foot is less not more because the natural tendancy in an accident is to put a leg out and that's when things get broke; if they remain in the pedals their not flying about thus less of a chance breaking.