I used to use mtb shoes and bolt out of transition, clipping in as soon as legal while loads of knobbers with shoes tied to their pedals struggled to even push their bikes in a straight line. I know the pros do this but they are almost using that job to/from transition as a brief recovery it seems. Most transitions I ran were on grass though whereas the pros seem to get a lot of tarmac race locations so this might not be so useful.
I used to use mtb shoes and bolt out of transition, clipping in as soon as legal while loads of knobbers with shoes tied to their pedals struggled to even push their bikes in a straight line. I know the pros do this but they are almost using that job to/from transition as a brief recovery it seems. Most transitions I ran were on grass though whereas the pros seem to get a lot of tarmac race locations so this might not be so useful.