Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
I don't think that's accurate that bike messengers use straps nowadays.
They're the worst of everything...
- worse to get your foot out in an emergency than flats or clipless
- getting back in at a stop is pain because the strap rotates down to the ground and you have to flip it back up
- clipless doesn't even get you an efficiency or speed benefit in lab tests so straps are even less likely to
I wouldn't recommend straps to anyone I know, it's flats (with five ten shoes if you want top grip) or clipless. Both are good systems, straps have drawbacks without having advantages.
"They're the worst of everything..." LOL
I'm learning that these straps aren't as good as I had thought. I just thought that they'd be a way of wearing flat shoes but having some means of increasing pedal stroke efficiency.