Quote Originally Posted by deeaa
I've used bicycle chain loops...you know, remove the back plate, put the screws back and a chain loop between so it sticks out and you get these 'ears' to screw the pedals down with. It's sturdy, but hard to change pedals around.
The idea is to get all your pedals together in the configuration that you want first. Mentally plan how they would go in order on your board as well. Spend weeks getting this figured out first. Then position and mark slightly on the board the place where each pedal would go. If you do all of this first then changing pedals around should not happen too often. In which case it only takes a minute to remove 4 screws that are holding each pedal in place. Make it easy on yourself and don't use long fixing screws. I use a 3/8 or 1/2 inch wood screw like this
and it takes no time at all to unscrew 4 of them to make changes.

The Velcro and plate thing is really a time water to build and costs a lot more than bicycle chain. I've found the bike chain to be the simplest most secure way to affix pedals without altering anything about the pedal.