When you find it, tell us more about what they said regarding upward torque. It's in the other article, after all.

Definitely not, but it makes me wish I could spin hard enough to smoke my tire every time it hops.

I'm addicted--if my present bike suddenly turned into the one I had in 1970, it'd be just fine--as long as my Shimano SPD's were still on it! There are valid reasons to not use clipless, and there are plenty of good pedals, clips, and straps available--thank your local trendy fixie riders for that--but it can be really hard to find shoes that are comfortable to ride in with them. I have heard that cheap soccer or baseball shoes with cleats strategically ground off can work--seriously.