Tony Welch asked: "I understand that back in the olden days, before clipless pedals, some track racers once bolted their shoes to the pedals. I guess they laced their shoes on while being held on their bike. Does anyone know of this?"
John Nicholson, the guy in the upper left of the Shimano ad in the link :
http://www.bikecult.com/
John T.Pergolizzi
Brooklyn, New York