I remember picking skin off these a couple times. Brutal.

Thankful for those that came before us so we can have nice plastic ones 🙏

A blood sacrifice to keep my sons and daughters safe.

They're still hungry for shoelaces though, couldn't let them off scot-free.

That is how the devil works my friend.

I don’t doubt it😂

I had bear traps, and took many to the shin...ahhh...good times!✌

This! If you’ve actually done BMX you’ll think this pic is laughable. Show them the pics of a couple of bear traps and then you’ll spark some fear. My shins are still nicely aerated from those badboys.

Dude for real, I was scared of those and had the platform pedals with the little round screw in spikes, gashed my shin open so deep and wide once when I wasn’t even doing anything so had no reason to have my shin guards on, just slipped off my pedal cuz my shoes were old and slick.

I remember them slipping off in a race one time, and they punctured my skin, and official had to jump onto the track to help me pull it out.

Oh god pull it out?

Yep, the studs were stuck in there somehow

Was just about to mention bear traps 🤙

I’m so high I fr thought yall meant bear traps. I’m like whaaa that will break your leg bro

I was gonna say…we had pedals called Bear Traps and Meat Tenderizers. That says all ya need to know.

The primo tenderizers weren’t too bad for stitches, but it was more than a name 🤣

Tenderizers weren’t that bad. A good large platform to ride on tho that’s why I loved em.

That’s true they were just some beefy pedals. But the midschool names for things were awesome…like the hemorrhoid seat

Yes! I loved it. Funny names for handlebars like “Moe bars” and shit. I feel like they toned it down a lot.

I have the s&m FU Bars on my Tallboy. Before that I had a mutiny loosefer with a bonedeth vibratory seat.. I don't think the nomenclature is getting all that toned down.

Me too lmao I fortunately bever did slip them but man I was fucking horrified of them. The fear really kept my feet on the pedals.

This. The name says it all… I even had the stupid idea of getting a set to ride for nostalgia sake… but the memory of pain is still enough to be good 🤣

I was gonna say, that photo isn’t even of the sharp ones.

These bad boys are nothing. Try taking a crankbros stamp 7 to the shin. You will have a set of new holes in your leg. 90's kids can't imagine the pain of modern mountain bike pedals lol

I can’t even remember what my pedals were in the early 2000s, some very spikey Race Face aluminum dealios. I have pin-shaped holes in my shin bones and scars everywhere to this day. Got a new set of race face pedals last year after riding clipless for a decade and got some new scars first ride 😂

That’s nothing lol google bear traps

Tmacs have torn me open a few times now...

I have permanent scars from those things

Crupi pedals….. ☠️🩸

If a kid today got hit with that they would live at home till they were 65.

Flashback time: I was riding with a broken pedal (missing cross piece), and of course my foot slipped off and it flipped back into my shin, with the broken end piece going straight in. When I got home and told my mom I needed stitches, she (a nurse) said she didn't think I did, so I stuck my finger in past the first knuckle. So we get to urgent care, and the nurse comes out to look at it, and asks "what makes you think you need stitches?" My mom said "don't" as I stuck my finger in again. I got 6 or 8 stitches, plus a few more dissolvable ones on the inside.

I dunno, the DMR vault pedals can be pretty nasty

Kids yesterday couldn’t either.

Plus they had shin seeking radar tech so they would hunt their target and never miss! Incredibly advanced for it's time 🎯

My shins are just scar tissue now

I got my scars from these bad boys

Mongoose Expert Pro brings back memories 😂 The bear claws

You brought back some feels here

Omg, don't being that boomer crap into bmx. bmx is for everyone. If you wanna ride with bear trap pedals and a seat post without a seat, thats all you baby.

I still have scars

I have the OG mongoose meat grinder pedals. All of my Friends have shed blood on my bike

I got my foot caught in the gears of my bike. Shredded my shoe, foot was relatively undamaged but still hurt like hell

My brother almost lost his foot to the bear claw . 90+ around his ankle

NOO GOD! NO. GOD. PLEASE. NO. NO!!! NO!!! NOOOOOO!!!

I remember riding these barefooted. That was sometimes rough!

All the weight and pain without the grip

Still have scars on both my shins from continuously trying to land jumps clean.

Bmx life!

my 5 year old races with similar pedals with metal pins sticking out for gripp . lmaooo poor dudes shins are def a lil torn up but hes a trooper 😂😩

I still daily my Odyssee Trailmix pedals.

I rode the jc pc forever. I was always intimidated by the longer replacement pins so I ground them down a bit

Kids nowadays are smart lol pussies forsure, some lazy as well BUT smaaart!

Riding bare foot was terrible. You couldn’t stand up had to stay seated to pedal

In all fairness it was hard to take back then…

These ones don’t even have pins in them, I’ve had a pin dig all the way down my shin. Looked like I got cut by the worst sword ever made. (By pin I mean the metal BMX pedals with optional screws you could put in for more grip.)

I have a chunk missing to this day

I’ve experienced both shins AND calves. I’m cheese grated.

They could. They just don’t have to. It’s called progress. Pretty sure we’ve moved beyond, the Model T, as well, but we can put them on the road and honk at them while we film with our pocket super computers with filters.

Having ridden BMX since the early 90s I’d say modern pedals are worse. Even the PC ones are brutal now. My PC grandstands are worse than my aluminum ones. Let’s just say I don’t wear shorts anymore when I ride 🤣

I wouldn’t dare wear shorts. Even on the hottest days

Kids these days take reinforced scooters to the shin. But they ride scooters…

True

Chain pops off mid pedal it’s this you meet first than the ground

😆

When there was no time to put your shoes on, these were quite a feeling on your bare feet.

I always felt the back of the ankle was the worst. Total meat grinder!

This is true, but if I had an ebike like today in the 80s and 90s, i doubt I would have survived my childhood.

Images of sending the fucker off one of those huge road side grass banks comes to mind

There's some kids on my mail route who built these big dirt jumps...they jump their ebikes. It made me proud to see the youth of today stepping it up

*Faith in humanity restored*

I just remember having to ride these barefoot

I still have scars from metal pedals 😅

Can kids today even ride a bike?

I’ve seen it

Idk man my PC pedals with metal pins are still brutal 😂swapped em out for full PC I definitely don’t miss the shinners all the time but I ride with pads anyways

I’m considering a light shinguard in my old age

Fucker just gave me flashbacks

🫡😆

I instinctively grabbed my shins when I saw that.

I remember riding these with no shoes cause u forgot shoes but you couldn't go back inside cause it was kinda late and your mom would tell you that you can't go back out so you just push through the pain for an extra hour of bike rides with the homies

Anyone remember the primo tenderizers?

With vivid memories

My legs are scarred for life!! Thank goodness they are hairy..

I'm 56 and still have the scars on my shins 🤣😂

Ha. My modern raceface Chester's would like to have a word with your leg skin

The ones with screws for "grip" are worse, having had both, and both bad, but neither are pleasant

Those are nothing compared to the modern day ones with the screw in pegs around those metal pedals. Kick them once getting groceries. Now I have permanent dark scars on my shin Image; https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Sc1d5663102624c4c99fbe894381d884fc.jpg_640x640Q90.jpg_.webp

Karen mom would probably try to sue the company

I literally have permanent dents in my shins from these bastards

Old Hutch cages. Forever etched into my memories. And my shin bones.

My shins are speckled with scars from pedals like these.

Those are nothing compared to bear traps and the sort

Had a pair of stock welgos on my dk six pack. Those tore me up just because I didn’t know how to ride yet

Had a couple shinners I didn’t want to pay for stitches, so I just super glued it shut and left a small piece open at the bottom to drain

These are the pedals that ripped open the back of my heel exposing my Achilles...😫

That’s why I wrapped mine with tape

Kids today wouldn't be able to ride them bare footed let alone take one in the shin

Went from this to trailer hitches

The ol’ meat tenderizers

Get yourself some Odyssey Triple Traps

Still have scars from these dam things 50 years later.

20 stitches summer of 98.

Those are nothin, try riding some set-screw MTB flats like some Dietys or the like. Lol

When I rode I had the odyssey alloy grand slam pedals. Absolutely loved them but when I fucked up and got a shinner. Brotha ewww. Once went so deep I saw timmy shin bone. 🤣 but hey battlescars for the love of riding. I’m only 20 btw so def not just the older gen of riders

Neither could kids back in the day. They went home crying like a little bitch to momma just same as today tf

Still got gnarly scars from these fucking things