A mountain bike pedal strike started a forest fire? Forums › Mountain Bike Forum › A mountain bike pedal strike started a forest fire? Tweet Add to Flipboard Magazine. Tagged: fire, pedal Viewing 6 reply threads Author Posts August 25, 2016 at 15:43 #195483 Jeff Barber Seems like mountain bikers get blamed for everything. 🙂 http://www.bikeradar.com/us/mtb/news/article/mountain-bike-pedal-sparks-forest-fire-inyo-national-forest-47949/ August 30, 2016 at 09:49 #195591 Alvin Mullen I guess this could be a reason to ask bikers to use plastic pedals in dry conditions. August 30, 2016 at 14:36 #195648 Matthew Bonner Must have been one heck of a pedal strike!! August 30, 2016 at 22:52 #195705 Retro_Jeff Wow! That’s a needle in the haystack WAG. Most fires, if there is no conclusive evidences are blamed on the electrical system. How about a spark from a steel horse shoe strike. August 31, 2016 at 16:54 #195797 stumpyfsr ✓ supporter from now on whenever I go Backpacking, I’m leaving matches and lighters at home – I have two pedals to start a fire. August 31, 2016 at 22:02 #195798 29geo Here’s what I think. Bullshit. September 1, 2016 at 12:16 #195840 Alvin Mullen And did you read the article? Author Posts Viewing 6 reply threads You must be logged in to reply to this topic.