Quote Originally Posted by bike4ever View Post

I have customers regularly complain about smacking their platform on a rock or root while riding. With how some of their pedals look, I know that has definitely happened.

yes, duh on my part. I don't ever really think about it unless I'm threading through some rocks and pedal up/down makes a difference - but ya, mountain bike pedals do get smacked. It's just one of those things.