Riding With Strap

It's deffinitely easier at slower speeds i.e. when you are seting off.
Getting in is easiest if you tilt your foot forward on the bottom of the pedal and then lift it off so the weight of the clip sends it clip-upwards, then slip your foot in. Rather than battling with the spike/flip/foot drag motion.

You will get used to it.
And then gain those all important style points by having them. ;)

Both sets of cage pedals I have had are way too weight biased for them to flip over like that. Would definetely use that method if I could get it to work.

I find the drag/flip up 'normal' technique works pretty well though, its just annoying those times when your trying to make a dash from the lights and the pedal fails to come round. Horrible scraping of steel cages across a junction till you can slow down and do - over.