New rider tips and tricks

i can ride on the backs of my pedals in normal shoes, as you should have the saddle a lil lower when riding on cleats to give you good pulling up power you can still reach them in trainers. I know it goes against all that foot retention business but if its only 5 mins it really wont be a problem i ride from old st to brick lane like this all the time (but probs no further than that). If you ride with any of the road specific pedals they work well as flats. Mtn bike pedals i am not so up on but i have deff seen ones which are clearly designed to work as both cleats and flats.