Worst thing you've bought for your bike?

edhornby

gore windstopper gloves

complete rubbish - your hand's get cold when you get to the temperature that you need them, and poor padding design makes them uncomfortable

portuguese mike

Selaskinz socks - yes they're absolutely perfectly waterproof alright. Problem is when the rain starts geting in through the top in heavy downpours they fill up nicely - you then spend the rest of the ride cycling with your feet in a couple of bags of water.

hisoka

a bike lock that was bolt cutterable.

hehe, doh!

tobciocc

Ozzo Rucksack, its just fell into lots of pieces.

Blackburn minipump, Innovations minipump. I've never found one that works yet, my Specialized mini pump failed to work yesterday when it was dark and I was on the south downs.

Hutchinson cheapo tyres, 3 punctures in 1.5 hours.

Tyre liners that the Planet x team were sponsored by, terrible in every way.

I'm sure there's loads more that I've had disasters with.

robbarker

Vittoria race tyres - bulged and cut up within a few hundred miles.

USE Exposure LED light - the original one - short-circuited in heavy rain.

Zipp 404 wheels - spokes loosened, difficult to maintain, difficult to change tyres on the road.

tobciocc

Prorace gloves (semi winter ones), I had 2 pairs and they both fell apart within days. I did get a refund to be fair to probikekit.

Superstar Brake blokes for campag chorus, tried them in a rainy evening road race. I couldn't stop and nearly crashed into about 20 riders I suspect were not using similar brake blocks.

Jagwire cables, they let the water right in and rusted till nothing much moved.

wildmoustache

minipumps yes ... pretty much all rubbish .. the really small 50-60g ones

conti GP4000 tyres. too slow and puncture easily.

Alex AT450 wheels. junk. came on a complete bike it has to be said.

SLR saddle (selle italia). Ball busting torture device. I may never have children. cheers guys!!

adidas road racing mitts. as durable as pure silk.

deda blackstick seatpost. kept slipping and creaked.

giro pneumo helment. too hot and too heavy.

STEFANOS4784

-1 for the continental gp 4000
I find that these are quicker than the pro race 3's i have :?

Anonymous

-2 for the GP4000's, am sure I've done 1000+ miles on mine and now got a nice GP4000S on the back

ddraver

My Blackburn Pumps (one road, one MTB) have been fine for years (touch wood)

I ve not had enough road gear to have made that much of a cock up but could i add my TdF KOTM jersey - One just can't wear it outside without being abused (and rightly so!)

morite

CHRISNOIR wrote:

I'm hoping CO2 cartridges will be my saviour (or maybe not - keep watching this thread).

Have a look at www.tyreinflators.co.uk you can get a box of 30 cartridges for £16.00 and their MOSA pumps are good, never had a problems with the 2 I've had (lost the first one)

chriskempton

Conti Supersonic tubes - I couldn't even inflate them without them bursting round the valve :?:
Zipp hubs - rickety pieces of cr*p
Any white handlebar tape - it's just not worth the aggravation
Ribble winter frame - not as described - much heavier, not finished properly
Descente Wombat gloves - my thumbs get cold
Chain cleaning roller device things - a hindrance rather than a help
Shimano or Campag chains - no powerlink? what's that about?
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pneumatic

+1 for the reliability of the Blackburn minipump. Mine's ok. Not a trackpump, but does the job when needed.

However, :evil: , Gore Windstopper leggings. Everytime I wear them, I remember why I don't like them. After a few kms, down they slide like a pair of Norah Battys, creasing up in the back of the knee. Who wants to ride along, trying to fix the chilly gap between lycra shorts and these useless tubes? Next time, it's longs.

synchronicity

I've actually had good luck with the Deda blackstick post.

If you want a poorly designed seatpost, look no further than the USE Alien. It's light but that's about all. Easily takes the award for "most exasperating clamp mechanism ever invented". Basically nothing more than bloodywell trial and error to get the tilt adjustment right. The horizontal adjustment doesn't fare much better either. :x

STEFANOS4784

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2591437/

Does this bike ride as nice as it looks, also what's the weight? *drools*

STEFANOS4784

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2591437/

Does this bike ride as nice as it looks, also what's the weight? *drools*

Also are you a pro? Or just uber rich, some v. nice looking bikes on there 8)

synchronicity

Am I rich? Don't be daft man!

I'm not a pro either; that's already the dream of millions of cyclists.

It rides SUPERBLY. The weight is probably around 7kg or so. I got it down to about 6.2 with a set of full carbon tubulars... That frame dates back to 2001. The cranks + BB are also pretty old, as are the record levers. I've gradually added the other bits here and there. It's definitely not the most expensive bike by today's standards.

Anyway, yes I think it does ride as nice as it looks with the spinergies.

The pinarello on the other hand looks a million bucks and rides like horse-drawn cart.

Crapaud

pneumatic wrote:

+1 for the reliability of the Blackburn minipump. Mine's ok. Not a trackpump, but does the job when needed.

However, :evil: , Gore Windstopper leggings. Everytime I wear them, I remember why I don't like them. After a few kms, down they slide like a pair of Norah Battys, creasing up in the back of the knee. Who wants to ride along, trying to fix the chilly gap between lycra shorts and these useless tubes? Next time, it's longs.

That's how I used to describe my Louis Garneau leg warmers.

That is until I learned that they need to be worn under the shorts.

I'm assuming that you don't have legs like a flamingo.

Barney 2

Cateye 205 HRM - too complicated and the the lettering next to the bittons too small to
read!

Sealskinz water proof gloves, which are not!

fluff.

A dbh saddle pack that has some strange crossover clip system instead of a couple of bits of velcro or something, currently residing in the box of stuff I may find a use for at some point in the future.

A bunch of Specialized inner tubes, all with rubbish valves, that failed immediately. I was getting a *wee* bit hacked off after fitting the third one.

Some Michelin Lithion tyres which were deceptively OK in the dry but lethal in the wet, causing me to bin it twice before I binned them in return.

DavidBelcher

fast as fupp wrote:

sks raceblades-shite!

+1 for Raceblade-type guards (I had the Zefal equivalent). In fact, plastic mudguards full stop are pants in my experience. Every pair I've had has been lucky to last 12 months. Thank goodness for the nice metal ones (Spencer PW12s) I'm now using.

David

alfablue

DavidBelcher wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

sks raceblades-shite!

+1 for Raceblade-type guards (I had the Zefal equivalent). In fact, plastic mudguards full stop are pants in my experience. Every pair I've had has been lucky to last 12 months. Thank goodness for the nice metal ones (Spencer PW12s) I'm now using.

David

SKS full Chromoplastic guards are really good, had them for years, never broken. They are metal sandwiched in plastic.

singlespeedexplosif

Hope Vision 1 light. What a sack of sh1te. Outperformed by a couple of Tesco £10 torches, and £50-odd more expensive too.

turkeytickler

portuguese mike wrote:

Selaskinz socks - yes they're absolutely perfectly waterproof alright. Problem is when the rain starts geting in through the top in heavy downpours they fill up nicely - you then spend the rest of the ride cycling with your feet in a couple of bags of water.

+1

turkeytickler

Cateye CC-HR200DW - stupid centre mounting + degree in rocket engineering required to remember all the button combinations

Bob.F

Specialized winter gloves. Not warm, nor water resistant. Then you can't get them off as the lining is stuck to you! Utter crap!

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