AgentKGB
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I probably have deep gouges in my tibias from the damn things.
Jun 30, 2026 6:35 PM
AgentKGB
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I probably have deep gouges in my tibias from the damn things.
nachosyndicate
These were our power stripes.
cunninlinguist
Still bear the scars..
MrFixIt112
thank you for re awaking this trauma in my life!!!! I still have the scars in the back of my leg.
Kilo11
Still have the scars
davisboy42
I guess im the only one who ever fought one of these and won. Sheared it straight off the crank and then still hobbled the bike 8 miles to a 4th of July party to impress a girl
kydn
> See my other post on a similar to almost the same post from the other day
JAPONfan
childhood? my shins have dents.
zortroz
Pffft. That ain't nuthin'. Hutch Bear Traps were the real meat shredders.
SOLARvsFACISM
Let me be the first to say, "What the hell are those?"
navyjeff
Remember? You mean still have scars from?
Lardzor
The metal kick-start pedals on dirt-bikes are worse.
YpsilantiRomani
Had those it the 80’s got sharkbites in the 90's
IAmDeer
I still feel these on my shins x.x
anitabieror6
for how painful it was im amazed i have no scars
DonIsMe
It always left a red mark on your shin that looked like a frozen waffle hit you at 200 MPH.
Kassera
A pain like no other, yet memories I'd never want to forget.
rusty42marlin
You don't run them fugger's in flippys. The back of my ankles will never be the same.
gthesob
how about after they've fallen apart and your foot keeps rolling off the cylinder left behind over and over?
Sh1tMovieGroup
I have a permanent reminder on my left shin of the tiny cleat pedal from the road bike I rode from London to Paris - having gotten me all the way there without incident, on the way from le finish line (Eiffel Tower) and about three blocks out from the hotel, it decided nope, had enough, and the front outer chain gear bent in half, right as I was putting all my power down to set-off from the lights (biked was quite ladened with gear for the trek) - other pedal spun around and smashed my shin.
Redshadow09
"This bastards from HELL!" LMFAO XD I had the plastic ones but it still hurt
urbancashmere
Childhood memories... And adult memories, too
AgentKGB
The other '80s danger being this damn thing made of '80s indestructium.
We called it "the ankle smasher".
jenofthelake
That particular experience continues to this day over here
hotaru251
never shin but i bled my ankles w/ em as a child.
lightfoot2
Yep, schwinn Varsity and Continential bikes.
AgentKGB
I remember a classmate was looking to get a new bike and her mom told her "Well if you don't like that style of pedals get another bike." She took her mom to the store and showed her that every bike had that style of pedals, lol.
CommentBot2000
I bought two different sets of peddles. One named “Bear Trap” that caused much pain. And some beach cruiser ones for riding to the community pool barefoot.
SarahTheEverlame
Let me tell you how I used to go barefoot in the summer...
LexiconDul
Hell, I still have a set of Jarts in my garage.
IAMSRC
Rodville
Lucky. First thing my wife pitched after the wedding.
rusty42marlin
I miss them.
AgentKGB
You can import the individual parts. You just can't import the entire thing pre-assembled.
PhennyPhom
Trying to go barefoot on a bike ride with these babies.
bambinod
you'd stretch out your foot and try to pedal by the round post in the middle
mirrorz
Had those but i have shin puncture wound scars from the wide spaced 1/4" cylindrical studs on a bmx bike I had in the late 80s.
carbonr1
Yeah, Beartraps were EVIL ! Very grippy on shoes AND shins.
WateryTartan
Mine are from the beartrap BMX pedals from the early 80s. The name says it all.
Kilo11
Primo pedals were the worst, they reduced slipping off by alot but when you did, boy oh boy