Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
I've never gotten bikes from the bear traps and haven't had my feet slip off - the metal spiky things are flat on top so they aren't actually spiked, but it's enough to hold to my shoes. It could just be that I've been lucky though.......

I have a couple chain ring scars.
I have an entire assortment of chain and chain ring scars - but if that is the price of gaining bike skills then I happily will pay it. My pedals look very much like the image that Irulan posted - and while the metal spiky thingies are flat on top the edges get me almost every time. It generally happens when I have to walk my bike for some reason and a pedal brushes my leg - it doesn't take much as I think the edges are sharper than they appear to be.. At least I haven't gotten any new chain ring scars in two weeks

Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
The platform pedals I use (Crank Bros 5050x) have pins instead of teeth, and they cause me fewer boo-boos than my old bear traps. I think the pins grip better than teeth for the way I ride, too. (see the pins on the Shimanos that Irulan posted)
Knotted - those pedals look interesting. I seem to be slowly mangling one of my current pedals from previous inelegant dismounts and the occasional falls over the last few months - it hits the ground when I lean my bike over for mounting. I may well replace them with these pedals - it is good to hear that they cause fewer boo-boos.

My LHT deserves good looking pedals as well as other parts - when I finish re-learning how to stop/dismount - having to break a very bad habit that I've had from the beginning... The Wanderer deserves to look good!