Bloody Pedal Cuts

WillGTJumper

Hey just wondering any done what i just done

Shred my shins with pedals

mini_death

Invest in some shin guards?

anto164

everyone who rides a bike will have scars on their shins from pedals.

Sheepish

you're so extreme it's awesome. i wub you. retard.

TriesToRide

my right shin is covered with scars of various depths and lengths.

schmako

Finally investing in some shins/knees. Its long overdue, too many cuts etc. Think I may have chipped the bone twice too, great.

SiLvEr_SnAkE

I used to skate so my legs were forever covered with bruises, now i'm riding my legs are covered with cuts and scratches.

Why can't I play a nice sport like Bowls?

Anonymous

I resolved myself to always wear knee/shin guards years ago. I've done some annoying damage to my knee and as a consecuence it seemss to bend the wrong way a little sometimes, or kind of crack like a knuckle.

SiLvEr_SnAkE

yeehaamcgee wrote:

or kind of crack like a knuckle.

I get that, I thought it was normal.. :shock:

Dangerous Dave

When I rode trials and was trying to learn hops etc, I'd end up with near bone deep holes/craters in my legs. I bought grippier pedals and some shin guards.... don't often slip a pedal no though.

---*SD*---

Ive done that by just hopping up a cerb
My foot sliped and it came up and put 3 phat holes in my shin.

Enough to make a grown man cry

x-isle

2 words......

pedals

clipless


but not nessecarily in that order...........

HJ1976

x-isle wrote:

2 words......

pedals

clipless


but not nessecarily in that order...........

2 more words....

balance


Poor


again not nessecarily in that order!

rather a couple of small holes than a broken arm as i fall sideways gracelessly!

x-isle

Big n Daft

HJ1976 wrote:

2 more words....

balance


Poor


again not nessecarily in that order!

rather a couple of small holes than a broken arm as i fall sideways gracelessly!

1 more word,

Stabilizers.

HJ1976

Big n Daft wrote:

1 more word,

Stabilizers.

Any your point would be what?

Big n Daft

Bike riding for someone with poor balance aint the best choice of hobby is it?

Sort of like someone who has been flayed swimming the Dead sea.

Dangerous Dave

Clipless?

Bah, I love 'um, but it ain't the answer!

If you're slipping off flats you either have a combination of crap pedals and shoes or need to sort you technique out!

I never get shin injurys from flats riding trails/downhill.

HJ1976

Big n Daft wrote:

Bike riding for someone with poor balance aint the best choice of hobby is it?

Sort of like someone who has been flayed swimming the Dead sea.

It goes with my other sporting hobby of snowboarding :?

Big n Daft

Hows the balance hold up with that then?

Find yourself rolling down many mountains?

I've always wondered, do folks that roll down mountains end up as giant snowballs, or did the cartoons lie?

HJ1976

Thanks to all the stories shared on here there is very little chance you will see me clipped to a bike- and I'll have you know i do a very stylish cartwheel down the slope at Castleford!

Big n Daft

Seriously now,

Clipless pedals are great.

I will never go back to flats.

They make pedalling so efficient it is untrue, to be fair once you get used to them its like er.....riding a bike.

Just one small turn of the foot outwards and your out and free, all you have to worry about is unclipping the foot your planning on landing on..... :oops:

Most of the SPD type pedals come with adjusters so you can slacken the force needed to get out of them to almost nothing, you can also buy multi-release cleats that enable you to get out of the pedal by lifting your foot.

Still each to their own, I'm surprised that someone who must use ski bindings wouldn't prefer them though.

Dangerous Dave

Big n Daft wrote:

Seriously now,

Clipless pedals are great.

I will never go back to flats.

They make pedalling so efficient it is untrue, to be fair once you get used to them its like er.....riding a bike.

Just one small turn of the foot outwards and your out and free, all you have to worry about is unclipping the foot your planning on landing on..... :oops:

Most of the SPD type pedals come with adjusters so you can slacken the force needed to get out of them to almost nothing, you can also buy multi-release cleats that enable you to get out of the pedal by lifting your foot.

Still each to their own, I'm surprised that someone who must use ski bindings wouldn't prefer them though.

I’d recommend looking at upgrading pedals/shoes to something more grippy!
If you’re on a budget Gusset Inca Pedals are great and cheap.
And then if you get some shoes like 5ten Impacts, you’ll find slipping the pedal a thing of the past!
It’s always investing in some shins though if you’re the type that’s learning jumps etc!

Clipless pedals ARE great… but depends what you ride! No question that for XC, they are great, giving good pedalling efficiency, which in turn means you get less tired on long rides.

However, any “grip” benefits are now irrelevant – yeah before shoes and flat pedals weren’t all that grippy but now we have shoes like the 5ten Impact, and Nike Whistler. All with very grippy soles – I’ve never slipped a pedal with these shoes, even on my hardtail, which has around minus10inches of travel!
And you can’t tell me for Downhill, you get a pedalling advantage. I was there at the 2006 WorldCup round at Ft. Bill, where Sam Hill was down 1 second on the split time for the last section, which is “The Motorway” probably the most pedaly section of the course. He made up 2 seconds on a 14second section.