GRRRRR!! NEVER not wear shin guards with pinned pedals

Unicycles and Equipment
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About a month an a half ago my pinned pedals scraped the back of my leg leaving about 7 massive cuts. After that I told myself I’d never ride without shinguards ever again.

But, my new nimbus gel seat arrived, and I was anxious to see how comfortable it was. So I put it on, went outside, and saw how much easier sif was because I was used to the gargantuant kh seat. So I do a sif hop into the ditch, and didn’t quite make it to the middle of the ditch. Instead I landed on the sloped part, causing the uni to turn, and me to fall backward, once again scraping the back of my leg. As soon as this happened I immediately thought to myself “NOOOO NOT ANOTHER SCAR!!”.

So ALWAYS wear shinguards with pinned pedals!!!Even if you’re riding for 2 minutes. It took me 2 times to learn that unfortunately. unless you want this:
(you can see the scars from the first time it happened on the left side of my leg).

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Yep, been there done that. You’re right, you bought them for a reason.

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Oh, and I should clarify, lol. I mean like 661 guards that wrap all the way around your leg.

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That is why I wear my 661s everytime I ride my uni, even if it is to the store, cause there a 5 foot drop from a trials line I do just to get there, and that leads me into a drive-through at starbucks, and then I jump over a cement barrier and end up in the parking lot of rosaurs.

Now go put some antibiotic cream on it. =p

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Yeah, now I’m officially wearing the 661 armor no matter what, even if I ride for 30 seconds to test something.

When it finally heals again, the back of my leg is going to look like I got slashed by a pitbull a few times or something.

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Thats a true sign of a unicyclist. =p

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oh, ive done that quite a few times, like when i didnt feel like putting on shinguards, or shoes, to ride around, and foot fell out of the sandal, and off the pedal…

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That’s also happened to me but not that bad :roll_eyes:

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My response can be pretty accurately summed up as:

DUH

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I think I will stick with my simple rubber pedals. If I need more grip I will wear shoes with studs in. You can keep the beartrap pedals.

Pretty nasty trophy wounds, hope they heal well.

Nao

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wow, that is one heck of a pedal scrap! thats gonna leave one neat scare.

well i dont wear my 661’s all the time, i do get a lot of pedal scraps from not wearing them but the worst pedal scraps ive ever had (which i didnt actually get) was when i was wearing my 661’s.

this may sound weird but i would love a massive 7" scare on the back of my leg, it would go well with all my other scares.

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is english your first language?

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i dunno, is it?

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hope you dont need stiches or anyhting. one of mine went deep enough to hit the weird white-ish barrier between skin and muscle. it didnt go through, but it still needed nine stiches.

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hahaha, yes, english is his first language.

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it sure is, i speak english goodly!

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that’s something mr dempsey would say.

it’s not gooder or gooderer to say that smacks self in back of head

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sorry, back on topic, i’ve had some bad pedal scrapes on the back of my legs, they suck so bad aye! with the stinging and all

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i dont get pedal scraps that much, i dont really ‘fall down’ a lot so the pedal doesnt scrap my leg. but i do miss the pedals sometimes on unispins, and i have missed the tyre whilst wheel walking (somehow) which does leave nasty pedal bites but usually its just bruises.

EDIT: holy crap, its almost my 3000th post. this one is going in MR.

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oh dear, i heart you there.
my cat slipped whilst walking past my recklessly placed uni, it lost its head and half a paw to the pedals.