The crankbrothers eggbeater is an iconic pedal designed by carl and frank the original founders of crankbrothers they were tired of getting stuck in mud covered pedals with no way in or out they realised that existing pedals were too complicatedit started with a simple question what is the best way to attach a shoe to a crank to answer this question carl and frank created a system with only two moving parts hinging on a spring this system became known as the eggbeater pedal and later it