Anything cycling related you regret buying?

[Mr Haematocrit]

Rides as gash as it looks?

It rides OK to be fair, it's just that it seems to have its own special clique.
You expect other owners to give you a secret handshake or something.
I found I was treated differently by some riders and that some owners were a little bit elitist.

My experience would be best summed up by saying, its the bike the guy who drives the BMW 5 series rides, X5 owners have Di2 on it

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Raltech disc covers to fit 50mm PX wheel. Then buying a second hand rear disc a week later!

 

[Arjimlad]

A DHB rack mounted bag. I don't ride with a rack any more so it's full of my bike tools. PITA to keep velcro'ing it on & off the bike.

 

[Bodhbh]

Ortlieb Flight rucsack would be the worst single item. Well made, but totally overengineered and overpriced for use as a bike rucask, I don't know what I was thinking. It also bangs on your bike helmet at the back, just to remind you you've wasted your money.

 

[bricksmasher]

with the right tool, expensive gold standard bike locks can be cut through in seconds too.

with the right tool, expensive gold standard bike locks can be cut through in seconds too.

Can't disagree with you there, but when I had two of the kryptonite locks on my bike after first one was stolen, no one attempted to steal it, instead took it's groupset off, I was just in some ways pleased I still had my frame and wheels thanks to better locks

 

[winjim]

Nearly got suckered into buying some cheap Tenn bibshorts by that other thread, but reading this one I think I'll save me pennies...

 

[Pale Rider]

Sealskinz socks - no warmer than ordinary socks and possibly more sweaty.

 

[jessculter]

A felt 29er in November last year.

A complete example of buy without thinking first

 

[Rob3rt]

Mavic Ellipse track wheels
Continental Gatorskin tyres

 

[Graham]

A galibier neck warmer/buff/whatever things - rubbish.

Sure there's some other stuff lurking about the garage that I can't face selling on eBay at a loss!

 

[DiddlyDodds]

All the cheap things i have bought , that pretty much had to be re-bought with good items at the correct price.
Yet i still do it ..... just cant help think its cheap , it will be ok ,, then oh no done it again.

 

[Easytigers]

SPD-SL pedals...faffed around with them for a few months and then returned to M520s (which I always loved and don't really know why I ever tried something different!). Annoyingly, I'd given away three pairs of M520s to friends saying how good they were when starting to go clipless...ended up having to buy new ones!

 

[Pikey]

Mavic Ellipse track wheels
Continental Gatorskin tyres

+1 for the gatorskins, I've bought and given away two sets over the last year after realising it's like using cartwheels on the bike.

But then I regret buying conti four seasons too, as they developed cuts in them after even being within a km of broken glass or roads that are not polished flat. Lasted a week then folded and left in our porch in disgust.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Muddyfox alloy pedals - After breaking the horrible ones on the knockabout bike I found these discounted to a fiver and got a pair. They seemed okay for the money so I got some for the Raleigh too (as the bearings on the original pedals were on their way out)

The grip was poor in wet weather and the left one on the Raleigh snapped off after about 6 months. (The previous day I'd cycled up the Long Mynd - really glad it didn't happen then )

Lesson learned and both bikes have decent quality pedals fitted now.

 

[outlash]

Like others, it's mostly the cheap crap that you buy in the hope it's a bargain when in fact the old adage 'you get what you pay for' applies. Memorably, the Sports Direct SPD touring shoes where the cleat was ripped from the sole where I tried to unclip at a junction.

I also couldn't get on with the Triban 3 I bought online blind. It should have fit but it didn't and was sold on within a few months.

Tony.