I have powergrips on my ride-around-the-neighborhood beater bike and they're great for that kind of thing--you can ride with or without them, just like regular toeclips, but when you ride without them, that is, with your feet on the other side of the pedals, they don't make that awful scraping noise on the road because they're not metal. Very easy to get into and out of. But I never thought of using them on my road bike. Hmmm.....