Things you never see any more...

Cressers
Cressers Posts: 1,329
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
Walking boots with distinct heels rather than the heel being a part of the flat sole.

Friction shifters.

Feel free to add your own...
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I'm going to get white dog poo in there quickly :lol:
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    My wife's *****
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    NapD not complaining
    Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
    north west of england.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    steady rider wrote:
    NapD not complaining

    I'm not complaining, you ain't seen my wife!
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    =p
    Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
    north west of england.
  • holmeboy
    holmeboy Posts: 674
    Sensible Posts! :cry:
  • pst88
    pst88 Posts: 621
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    I'm going to get white dog poo in there quickly :lol:
    The girlfriend is always (ok, maybe twice) talking about white dog poo but I've never seen it. What's the deal with that?
    Bianchi Via Nirone Veloce/Centaur 2010
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    pst88 wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    I'm going to get white dog poo in there quickly :lol:
    The girlfriend is always (ok, maybe twice) talking about white dog poo but I've never seen it. What's the deal with that?

    I think dog food used to contain more bone meal ( and calcium?)

    Can't remember exactly. I think it has to be left out a long time though, and hopefully people actually clean it up nowadays!
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    Roadside bongo-mags. Not seen some kerbside grot for years - Internet kills another childhood experience.
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    pst88 wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    I'm going to get white dog poo in there quickly :lol:
    The girlfriend is always (ok, maybe twice) talking about white dog poo but I've never seen it. What's the deal with that?

    I think dog food used to contain more bone meal ( and calcium?)

    Can't remember exactly. I think it has to be left out a long time though, and hopefully people actually clean it up nowadays!

    Yeah, it's all due to the fact the ingredients of modern dog food is different, so that's why you don't see white doo doo anymore. As far as I know it's not been around for years..
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Cressers wrote:
    Walking boots with distinct heels rather than the heel being a part of the flat sole.

    Friction shifters.

    Feel free to add your own...
    I have a pair of each
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    The Tetley Tea Men. Haven't seen them for donkeys ... at least not since I stopped drinking. :wink:
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • Tempestas
    Tempestas Posts: 486
    The front of the bunch until the last few hundred meters.. :wink:
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    Ice-breaker chocolate
  • Tempestas
    Tempestas Posts: 486
    An Annual pay rise :(
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Crapaud wrote:
    The Tetley Tea Men. Haven't seen them for donkeys ... at least not since I stopped drinking. :wink:

    Add the PG Tips Chimps to that list! If it's cruel, why are they smiling and cracking jokes?
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Everest ice lollies

    ...and where I put my glasses....
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  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    You could probably list everything from Peter Kay's entire stand up act.

    I'll start with Space Dust...;-)
  • Special_Iced
    Special_Iced Posts: 10
    Dumbell spanners (thank god) and Chromed steel rims.

    Also, the words 'high tensile steel' written on frames as if it were a good thing.
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    Huret milometers.
  • stabilised
    stabilised Posts: 70
    Brake cables coming out of the top of the brake hoods

    Cloth bar tape

    Brake blocks with leather inserts (apparently to absorb water so they would be more effective in the wet - especially on chromed steel rims)

    Forks with a special bracket for attaching a light
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    Chromed forks and stays.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Dinosaurs.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    TV sets with a 625/425 switch.
  • sampras38
    sampras38 Posts: 1,917
    Coppers on foot...

    oooh, controversial...;-)
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    London dockers

    Virtually car-fee streets

    Centre-pull brakes
    TV sets with a 625/425 switch.


    TV sets without a 625 switch :lol: (Though wasn't the older standard 405?)
    Looking for a cycling buddy?
  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    Special_Iced wrote:
    Dumbell spanners (thank god) and Chromed steel rims.

    Also, the words 'high tensile steel' written on frames as if it were a good thing.
    Dumb-bell spanners. Great bit of kit. Essential when you ride fixed (need them to remove the wheel nuts)
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Really, i find dumbbell spanners to be soft useless crap, at the first sign of any torque they round off or bend in the middle. Hence i find carrying either the ratchet and socket or a 15mm spanner to work much better.
    Neeermad
    Carbon 456
    456 lefty
    Pompino
    White Inbred
  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    Special_Iced wrote:
    Dumbell spanners (thank god)

    They're still around and people still buy them :)
    Neil
    Help I'm Being Oppressed
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    Spangles
    Fruit polos

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