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Submitted by
Crimson
a Downhiller
from Scottsdale AZ
Date Reviewed: 4/7/2008 12:35:11 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Gerronimo Phx AZ |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $90 |
| Purchased At: | Kore Bikes |
| Strengths: | These are incredible pedals. Bmw did a great job on bringing the weight down on these. I have put mine through hell and they have held up great. I love when people shy away from riding your bike because of the BMW's. I love it!! |
| Weaknesses: | They are cast and then the centers machined out not a huge deal but worth mentioning. The first generation Shinburgers were totally machined and had a beer opener in them. One negative the cast surface on the tops of the teeth don't grip as well as machined edges. I have filed all mine through the casting marks so they are even grippier. Make sure you keep your black end caps tight. Once they are tight you will never have a problem but the end caps are what keep pressure on the pedal shaft and keep the pedal body from feeling loose not the threads on the shaft. They only use one sealed bearing with a large contact bushing but this is not a bad thing. Its kind of an innovative set up that seems to handle abuse very very well. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shinburgers 2nd generation and during Bmx days almost every high end bmx pedal made between 85 amd 95. Crupi, Shimano Dx, Hutch, Suntour, and SR's |
| Bike Setup: | Turner 6 pack xtr/xt/Saint, Fox Van 36 rc2, Chris King, Thomson, and of Course BMW Veggies |
| Bottom Line: | A few worn down teeth and a few have started to bend from hard hits but all in all still smooth as silk. I still have never slipped a pedal to speak of if at all but I did snap a chain and caught a veggie in the back of my calve. OUCH! |
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Submitted by
peter hardy
a Weekend Warrior
from dumfries
Date Reviewed: 8/20/2007 11:14:00 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | ae mabie glentress |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Purchased At: | darren |
| Strengths: | the grip and body is unbelievable. smooth berings too! |
| Weaknesses: | ...whats? |
| Similar Products Tried: | glue on pedals? |
| Bike Setup: | banshee morphine 2007 4X WC forks, mrp bones cranks, spank rims on profile hubs |
| Bottom Line: | buy buy buy |
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Submitted by
Tyler
a Downhiller
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: 8/13/2007 5:05:00 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | Action Cycles |
| Strengths: | Nice big platform. No crappy pins that don't even work. All the grip you are going to find out of a platform, plus they look the sickest to. |
| Weaknesses: | I don't see enough people running these. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None |
| Bike Setup: | 06 V10, 888 RC2X, Mavic 729 on Hadleys, veggie burger pedals |
| Bottom Line: | I have used the Azonic platforms, 50/50, and plenty of others that don't even compare. I DH and dirt jump and these are the only pedals that I would recommend if you don't want your feet slipping. On top of everything the guys at Brooklyn Machine Works are totally chill and stand behind their product, BUY THEM!!! |
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Submitted by
Lucas Mucas
a Weekend Warrior
from NYC
Date Reviewed: 7/7/2007 10:29:57 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | highbridge! |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Purchased At: | brooklynmachineworks.com |
| Strengths: | SUPER wide platform. Even if you miss your footing, you're likely to land back on the pedal. |
| Weaknesses: | It used to be expensive, but nowadays every other high end platform is plus 100 bills. |
| Similar Products Tried: | syncros mentals (great too, but cracked), kona jackshot (crap), various wellgo variations (also crap) |
| Bike Setup: | Lots of bikes, lots of setups. |
| Bottom Line: | This review is for the BMW veggie burger, which is the shinburger with four huge pockets machined out of them. It brings the weight down a lot, but it also makes, I think, the pedals much grippier. With a set of five tens or other soft sole, the pedals stick as good as SPDs in side loads. Totally awesome on the trails. Plus the brooklyn crew is mad chill. |
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Submitted by
Big T
a Downhiller
from HERE AND THERE
Date Reviewed: 5/3/2007 10:31:59 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | These things are indestructable. |
| Weaknesses: | Heavy but who cares |
| Bottom Line: | These pedals have seem some Knarly rockgardens for just over a year now. They have been on my P3 and my Scream. I have tried others and scrapped them all...Kona Jacksh*t / 5050xx....none survive more than 2-3 days. BMW barely look used they have stood up so well. |
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Submitted by
herb thomas
a Weekend Warrior
from MeMphis
Date Reviewed: 1/26/2007 10:05:03 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | busy city streets |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $110 |
| Purchased At: | monkamoo |
| Strengths: | huge platforms. big teeth. strong. mean. unique look. quality build. opens bottles. paired with my 5-10s its like being glued to the pedals. Get some if you want to stay on your bike! |
| Weaknesses: | no replaceable traction. Once you swipe off a tooth on concrete, metal, rock etc.......its gone for good! heavy, but the new veggies look lighter. |
| Similar Products Tried: | odyssey cielencki, crupi, wellgo |
| Bike Setup: | 04 xts, Z1, swinger 4, mrp lrp, blox stm, xt crnx n wheels w/ mavic |
| Bottom Line: | these pedals are big and grippy and'll never letcha down. So what if they heavy...... get 'em!!!! |
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Submitted by
George
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: 7/22/2006 4:24:10 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Any nasty rocky full of drops place |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | Strength and reliability. Stick to your feet like glue! They never break like every other brand does. The bearings don't fail or stop working like every other brand does. "Pins" are so burly, they never need to be replaced or thought about, they just keep on stiking for years. If you ride flats you won't regret these. I always wear shin and knee pads, you should too if you ride flats. |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | Many, may other "name brand" flats pedals |
| Bottom Line: | These are the best! I just ordered my second pair. And to my amazement they improved them even more! Brooklyn Machine Works took a lot of weight out of the originals, that I still love and still ride. The reduced weight make these the best flat pedals on the market. Every other pedal out there, even the finest name brand is cast. The cast pedals are very fragile and will snap into pieces if you hit a rock hard enough, which eventually happens. These are CNC machined out of a solid block of metal. They do not break. The "pins" are huge and you can hit them on rocks for years and they still hold you in. I have two pairs and may get a third! I had to order direct because no bike shop or mail order seems to be able to get them any more. So, just call the company directly and once you talk to someone (it took me a few calls), they show up at your door in a couple days. How cool is that? As far as price. I've been replacing crappy pedals for years and spent way, way more per bike on pedals than I spent on a single, never need replacing Brooklyn pedals. Therefore they are an incredible value! |
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Submitted by
Dav-O
a Downhiller
from Tulsa
Date Reviewed: 6/16/2005 12:36:56 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $100 |
| Strengths: | Everything! Super Grippy and Strong. Will not let your foot slip even when you want to take them off! The bottle opener! |
| Weaknesses: | OUCH!!! MY SHINS! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Nothing like em! |
| Bike Setup: | Lots of goodies on an 03 Big Hit! |
| Bottom Line: | Great pedals, wear shin protection!! Best Bang for the buck!! |
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Submitted by
Brendt P
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago, IL
Date Reviewed: 4/21/2005 6:44:05 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anything not flat |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $120 |
| Purchased At: | universal cycles |
| Strengths: | Ultra Burly, large platform, sealed bearings, bottle opener! |
| Weaknesses: | Scary painful if you slip. heavy? |
| Bike Setup: | 05 Transition Dirtbag |
| Bottom Line: | These pedals grab onto anything you put near them. Both your shoes and your shins! They are not joking when they say that shinpads are required, even the slightest slip which may not do anything to you on any other pedal is like putting your leg against a cheese grader with these. This can be a negative or it can be incentive to land everything! Some think they are expensive, but the quality is fantastic. If you like to play rough then these are for you, if not look elsewhere. |
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Submitted by
Justin H
a Downhiller
from MT/CA
Date Reviewed: 4/16/2005 11:43:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | my backyard |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $45 |
| Purchased At: | pinkbike.com |
| Strengths: | burly as hell. they make you want to stick it. |
| Weaknesses: | a bit in the hefty side and the spikes are unforgiving if you happen to slip off |
| Similar Products Tried: | azonic a frames and some other no names on the bmx |
| Bike Setup: | turner RFX, super t, hadlys, hayes........ |
| Bottom Line: | if you want a trustworthy, ultra burly pedal that you dont have to worry about loosing pegs on this is your huckleberry. watch out, they bite. |
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Submitted by
Sean Brady
a Weekend Warrior
from Riverside, Ca
Date Reviewed: 10/28/2004 5:58:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Beaver trail |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $90 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | Can be used as Medivel weapon. . . and will open beers along with shins. |
| Weaknesses: | ? no, really? Weaknesses? Um, they're not pretty. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kore platforms. . . . Time Z Control. |
| Bike Setup: | What? Me brag, let's just say these pedals fit a squishy bike very well. |
| Bottom Line: | My friends are now convinced that I am not entirely stable mentally. I'm beginning to think they might be right. . . numerous blood stained/soaked socks and scabs galore. The Bottom Line is this: If you like pedals that stick to your shoes and shins, and are slightly masochistic, then these pedals are for you. Don't expect these pedals to get you any dates. |
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Submitted by
Doug
a Downhiller
from Big Bear Lake CA
Date Reviewed: 10/15/2003 6:10:08 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $98 |
| Purchased At: | online |
| Strengths: | Far better grip than pin pedals. With sticky rubber shoes like Intense, almost like being clipped as per lateral slip. Wide platform plus slow rotation makes slip-off recovery very easy. |
| Weaknesses: | Teeth do bend/flatten with rock contact--not bombproof. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Easton Flatboy and Cully, Sun Octane, Weyless MG1,Odyssey Pro; Shimano 646 for clip comparison |
| Bike Setup: | Intense M1 and Iron Horse Team set-ups |
| Bottom Line: | Everyone I've let try them wants them. Big improvement is stay-put for me. More expensive than they ought to be, but same for most name pedals. |
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Submitted by
Will
a Downhiller
from Central Illinois
Date Reviewed: 10/4/2003 8:29:37 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Where ever i can get my bike |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | These things are absolutely sick. Completely bomber and super sticky. If you have ever had problems with pedals breaking before or are a bigger person these things are the cure to all of you woes. Super large platform. easy to find if your feet come off. |
| Weaknesses: | None, unless you count the fact that you must have shin guards. Unless you are among the truly sick. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Wellgo platforms, Sun Zu-Zu platforms. |
| Bike Setup: | 2002 Big Hit Comp With 04 Jr. T. |
| Bottom Line: | These are the best pedals that money can buy. Don't buy these unless you are planning to be willing to wear shin guards. |
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Submitted by
Bill
from Brooklyn
Date Reviewed: 7/31/2003 12:57:32 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | like bolting bricks to your cranks, big teeth are better than teeny allen screws or press-fit pins, they spin real slow, they're totally sealed |
| Weaknesses: | 1.5 lbs/pair - weight weenies go buy something made out of titanium. expect to go through shoes a bit faster as these have already shredded the bottoms of my vans rowleys. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none could even compare |
| Bottom Line: | If you're sick of dealing with allen screws and pushing little pins into your lightweight sissy blocks, get a pair of these and never worry about such trivial things again. To boot, people are less inclined to try your bike out when they feel threatened by the chompers you put your feet on. Get shin guards. |
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Submitted by
Mangled Road Biker
a Racer
from a wheelchair in front of a computer
Date Reviewed: 5/19/2002 11:28:25 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Bottom Line: | So I just got this fixed-gear road bike. I bought these pedals thinking they were gnarly and I didn't want to start on a fixed-gear with clip-ins. I get going on these things and head down my town's steepest and longest road. My cranks spin like mad and these pedals go from foot platforms to blade-wielding kitchen appliances. My dangling legs got hurt pretty bad. So yeah, they really are gnarly. |
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Submitted by
Ralphie
a Downhiller
from Cheyenne WY USA
Date Reviewed: 12/30/2001 7:04:12 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | direct (I work at shop) |
| Strengths: | Grips like nothing else, looks really mean, spins slow (great for no footers!) Brooklyn Machine Works! |
| Weaknesses: | Price. They cost quite a pretty penny. Very sharp, wear shin guards. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Ringle, Primo triple sealed tenderizers, S&M. |
| Bike Setup: | TMX outfitted with bulletproof parts. (awesome) |
| Bottom Line: | These are great, especially if you own a Brooklyn. They are good for DH and BMX. Your feet will NOT slip off these pedals. They look great. They punish people they are not familiar with. They open bottles nicely too. BEEFY, like any other Brooklyn product. |
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Submitted by
pancho
a Downhiller
from california
Date Reviewed: 10/14/2001 7:04:49 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | water dog |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | online |
| Strengths: | strong, heavy, grips well, looks cool, people stop asking to ride your bike. |
| Weaknesses: | if it hits your shins wen u dont wear pads ur gona get messed up. but other than than nothin. o they spin a lil slow but that doesnt bother me. |
| Similar Products Tried: | xs pedals, gt pedals, atomic pedals (were really good) |
| Bike Setup: | best urban bike ever |
| Bottom Line: | ummm bottom line.......... if u have the money u should get em but not if ur a xc racer, unless ur a really cool xc racer. |
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Submitted by
Dan
from detroit
Date Reviewed: 8/28/2001 11:26:22 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $125 |
| Purchased At: | web cyclery |
| Strengths: | Ever slip a pedal??? You will never again!! |
| Weaknesses: | Ever had someone go at your shins with a claw hammer??? |
| Similar Products Tried: | Snafu, Sun Zu Zu, shimano DX |
| Bike Setup: | Urban Assault Kona/ Storm Dh both have these |
| Bottom Line: | The most dangerous product I've ever come in contact with, and they are awesome! WEAR SHIN GUARDS!!!!! |
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Submitted by
MAtt H
from New York
Date Reviewed: 3/13/2001 4:30:14 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Central Park |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Open beer!!! and they grip like no other, Combine them with a nice pair of flat soles and you can't beat the grip unless you glue your feet to a pair of pedals |
| Weaknesses: | None, hard to clean |
| Similar Products Tried: | Nothing I love riding these but I've now started to use a pair of play and azonic shin gaurds becasue they are easily capable of going through the play(and your shins |
| Bike Setup: | 99' Lobo, Boxxer , Azonic seat stem, and bars, Mavic 321's 2.6 front 2.3 rear |
| Bottom Line: | They are the sickest pedals I've ever ridden!!! They do turn slow on the spindles wich can be a problem if you mount the bike and the pedals aren't in the right position and you need to start off fast but otherwise they are great!!!! |
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Submitted by
scott t.
a Racer
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: 1/30/2001 10:43:30 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | My livingroom |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $75 |
| Purchased At: | Ebay |
| Strengths: | Flawlessness. Able to open beer and shins, a fine combination in a pedal. |
| Weaknesses: | Girls won't try out my bike anymore. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Atomic Trailpimps, 636s, 545s, Mongoose BMX, and Sharkbites. |
| Bike Setup: | Brooklyn Park Bike w/ the snottiest parts you'll ever see. |
| Bottom Line: | I like beer. These pedals allow me to drink beer everywhere I can get my bike. Beer makes me happy. Therefore, these pedals make me happy. They're grippy, too. And I've heard lots of horror stories about hospital visits after riding these bad boys. And when you get to tell people that they are called 'shin burgers' it make every cent worth it. If you can get a pair, and you ain't scared, then do it. |
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Submitted by
Mike
a Downhiller
from Connecticut
Date Reviewed: 1/16/2001 12:05:32 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Plattekill |
| Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only |
| Purchased At: | demoed |
| Strengths: | extremely grippy |
| Weaknesses: | price |
| Similar Products Tried: | n/a |
| Bike Setup: | cpc partiort/ risse champ/ sun dlbe wide/ hayes |
| Bottom Line: | I demoed these on a brooklyn tmx,,, man these things are grippy, as soon as i have extra money, i am buying them. |
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Crusty
a Downhiller
from Tahoe
Date Reviewed: 8/12/2000 8:27:33 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | HSR/Karpiel |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Super grippy. Pedal grips better than any other by far. Large pedal surface. Open beer bottles. |
| Weaknesses: | After three city rides (no leg armor) my legs are full of scabs (and actually so are my arms from carrying the bike up there floors). I'm lucky. They will send you to the Emergency Room. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Kore Platform |
| Bike Setup: | TMX/Monster T/24" Doublewides/3.0 Gazz. |
| Bottom Line: | Great pedals, your feet won't slip off but watch out if they do. There is a bottle opener on each side! |
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Submitted by
N
a Downhiller
from NY
Date Reviewed: 6/13/2000 1:37:27 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Plattekill |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Only SPD's stick to your foot better and they don't allow you easy exit the way flat pedals do. They open beers. |
| Weaknesses: | Realatively expensive, heavy and will take off your leg given half a chance. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Krupi, Atomic Flats, Primo etc. etc. |
| Bike Setup: | Sppoky Project X., Monster T |
| Bottom Line: | These pedals are amazing. I ride in Doc Martens boots (8 hole, cherry red) and because the soles are rather worn they slip on other flat pedals I have tried. The Shin Burger anchors them foot on the pedal. In fact it took some getting used to, I occasionally had trouble removing my foot from the pedal. |
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Submitted by
mickey
a Racer
from Mass
Date Reviewed: 4/22/2000 4:31:24 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | all of em |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | grippy grippy grippy, opens beer, durable |
| Weaknesses: | dangerous, heavy |
| Similar Products Tried: | schwinn XS, atomic |
| Bike Setup: | spooky metalhead set up as a single speed street and dirt killer |
| Bottom Line: | ok these were free, but i hear that they are exspensive, but they will grip ANY shoe incredibly well. always wear shinguards and knee pads with them iv used them on mod bikes and the were great, they worked great on dh bikes and i keep them on my campus bike to scare away hippies |
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