• DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, were one of the better pedals too. Or “worse”, modern platform pedals (typically for mountainbikes but I’d slap them on road bikes too), which have little pins or screw threads poking out. Extremely good grip, but oh boy if you dare to still lose that grip and rub your shin over them… Even rips your pants open too.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah bear claw pedals are still out there and used quite a bit. I remember biking up a hill and my chain slipped and my foot slipped off the pedal scrapping my shin while failing right on my top tube. It was a double whammy.