Bicycle pedal straps?

Before you start, make sure the straps are open wide enough to easily insert your foot. Position one pedal just forward of the top of its stroke. Put your foot into it. Push off with that foot. You should have enough momentum to use your other foot's toe to flip over the pedal and slip your foot into the clip. After you're going, reach down and tighten the straps if you want. I have clips and straps on my off-road bike and just found a happy medium where I don't have to adjust the straps when riding.

If you have trouble inserting your other foot, it's OK to put your foot on the back of the pedal so you can keep going. Flip it over and put your foot into it one of the next few times around.

HTH

there are a number of structures for attaching ft to pedals. Powergrips are pedal straps that don't use clips. There are strapless toe clips. Toe clips and straps are made to artwork mutually. straightforward straps may be very complicated to get into, the straps are too skinny and versatile to place your foot in without applying your hand to lead your shoe into the strap. you go with the toeclip to hold the strap on a similar time as you place your foot in

most cyclists end up on clipless pedals like looks. for now, they are just bolted to the pedal, and you can remove them until you get a bit more comfortable, but they do help though, as you get into riding more.

the only advantage is that they give you more force when you pedal, because on the backstroke, you are lifting, and with the downstroke you are pushing. take them off until you are more used to it.

Kinda like Curb Feelers on a motorcycle. (Curb feelers are springy wire extensions that make a scraping sound against the curb when a person is parallel parking.)

You will get used to them.