Welsh wheels
Lycra king
- Location
- South Wales
A Shimano Tourney groupset. Definitely showed why it is the cheapest groupset Shimano do. Shifting through those gears was like trying to swim in treacle.
Bike components that you hate
- Thread starter J1888
- Start date
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Crappy small pumps that involve 500 pumps to get your tyres to 50 psi. Bring back decent pumps and pegs on the frame to carry them.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
The saddle that came with my roadie. It was made by Torquemada.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Front derailleurs. I never got the hang of adjusting the wretched things, and God knows I've tried. It seems totally hit and miss. Usually miss.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Yes we are blessed with a lack of "proper" hills which is a shame
Sorry but you're dead wrong!!!
Risk of permanent damage to your manhood aside, they were possibly the coolest thing ever
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
and the hub with the ever slipping second gear that would dump you on it.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Why (not)?
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
I always rode mine in third gear - which was hard - here in the valleys.
This was because I snapped the gear chain on mine the first day I had it. I thought one of the other boys had stolen it, but I discovered it 4 years later - Inside the hub.
When I finally did fix it, I could wheelie for miles in first gear, mostly due to my freakishly large leg muscles
a Yksion is Mavic speak for a flimsy piece of rubber disguised as a tyre, these came on my new Ksyrium Elites and where replaced in less than 30 miles
presta
Guru
Oh please. Yes pleaaaaaaaaaaaase.
I hung on to my old 1972 aluminium pump with the hose in the handle until it finally croaked a few years ago, and I've never found anything satisfactory to replace it with. (I made a pair of pump pegs to carry it when I bought a bike without them.)
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Rim brakes
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
My Ridgeback after 17-18yrs and countless thousands of miles is still on the original BB, admittedly it has had 3-4 sets of bearing fitted (at a cost of £2 a pair) but it has no 'seals' and has been ridden in all weather conditions.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Anything anodised purple, yuk.
