"If toe/clips and straps were more efficient and comfortable they [modern pro racers] would be riding them"
Wait a sec, what does "efficiency" have to do with collecting and riding classic racing bikes? One chooses to wear classic racing shoes and/or cleats to recreate, one supposes, the classic cycling experience: machine, kit, the works. Personally, wearing modern cycling shoes and fitting clipless pedals (or whatever they are called) on a classic bike seems, to me, like retrofitting a '64 Alfa Romeo Spider with cupholders.
Interestingly, it's precisely the shoes and the clips that seems to resonate with non classic cyclists or at least the ones I encounter when I ride so attired. Nothing says "Old School" more than drilled Dettos and plain white socks.
But "efficiency"? As long as it was efficient c. 1972 it works for me.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA