Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Catrin-
You've mentioned cuts and scarring from your bear trap pedals several times now. What exactly are you doing on your road bike that leads to wolloping yourself on the pedals?

And what is this "leaning" the bike you do to mount and dismount that is grinding up one pedal?
I have these pedals. Those metal thingies are not sharp at the top, but the edges get me quite often.

I am getting better, but they most often get me when I am moving the pedal around to get the right pedal at the right height when I am preparing to start. Or when I am walking my bike from my car-port to the apartment and my leg brushes the pedal - generally my right leg as I walk it on the left side of the bike. I seem to be improving at avoiding the pedals as I only have one new pedal wound this weekend out of 60 miles worth of riding. They also tend to draw blood when I am walking the LHT when it is still between my legs.... I really do like the pedals better than the plastic bear-claws I had as the metal thingies keep my feet from slipping 99% of the time.

I lean my bike over to get my leg over the saddle and top tube - the tube is high enough that I really can't do it any other way. Sometimes I lean it over a bit too far and the left pedal hits the ground - the outside "spindle" bit - unsure what that is called. I can't lift my leg high enough to get it over the TT without leaning it... If I were to remember to check to see where the pedal is before I do this then it wouldn't be so scruffed up

Thankfully at least my chain/chain ring bites are decreasing greatly in frequency

I figure taking a file to the edges of those metal thingies would defeat the purpose of having them - and they do their job well!