Instrument of the devil

Nope mate, you're not alone- I had a mtb with bar ends on that had such sticky rubberry stuff on them, you'd barely touch it with your sleeve or somesuch, and it would grab, and drag the whole bike over.

Pedals are actually designed to tear at your shins- right height etc.

I know that rubbery crap! I reckon it's the same stuff they make dildos out of.
My advice would be to KY jelly your bars, then you'll slide effortlessly past them, or indeed, onto them.