I am that out of date

On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 1:06:50 p.m. UTC-4, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:36:26 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/21/2021 10:33 PM, wrote:

I somehow forgot about clipless pedals. They are a HUGE improvement. I started with Time Equipe road pedals back in the late 1980s, early 1990s. Same ones Lemond used.
Interestingly, the guy who set our club's record for club mileage
(11,000+ miles of club rides, not counting his individual rides) just
got a new pair of shoes for riding. They're ordinary New Balance
sneakers. He rides using toe clips.
Meanwhile, serious cyclists use step in pedal systems. https://lessonsinbadassery.com/amand...iles-423-days/ Way better than smashing your toes against clips in soft toe-box shoes. I even preferred Beta Bikers back in the day, and today I would tour on SPDs.

-- Jay Beattie.

Your cleats are supposed to be adjusted so that the shoe does NOT contact the toe-clip. When using shoes without cleats, it was quite common to wrap some tape around the toe-clip where the shoe would contact it and that was done precisely to prevent wear on the toe of the shoe.

Cheers