Cycling myths or common-knowledge you'd like to see dispelled

[TheDoctor]

Elevated chainstays are not a great look, IMHO.
Is 1-by transmission really A New Thing?
I was riding a 40T to 14-34 5 speed forty years ago.
I'm now on 34T to 12-32 7 speed.

 

[biggs682]

Alloy frames are better for using in the winter

 

[Blue Hills]

What do we want, what do we really want? Thinner rims/less braking surface/metal for more money.
All all we really need to be told is that we are Elite and mixing it with the peloton.

 

[Jenkins]

You need baggy shorts and a peaked helmet to ride a MTB.

Or that you have to wear lycra on a road bike

 

[matticus]

That derailleur is pronounced /dəreiliə/ rather than /direilə/.

That you need a great french accent to be a Proper Cyclist.

 

[matticus]

Elevated chainstays are not a great look, IMHO.

Don't you mean seatstays? Oh no, sorry, my mistake. But while I'm here:

Dropped seatstays: they're clearly a fashion thing aren't they?!?

Is 1-by transmission really A New Thing?

WOAH! If we start getting into "New Thing " rants we'll just be copy-n-pasting the whole forum!

 

[Ajax Bay]

If you get a non repairable puncture on a road bike you can just pull the tube out (or leave it in (why not)) and stuff the tyre full of grass. That will get you home (if 'home' is just round the coroner). With apologies to @Oldhippy

 

[Venod]

Off road riding on a drop bar bike is a new thing.

 

[Venod]

BCF is always right and clubs should stick to the BCF rules ridgedly even if it means upsetting the club members.

 

[tyred]

Off road riding on a drop bar bike is a new thing.

Not a drop bar bike but I put a picture on Flickr last week of my Raleigh Pioneer on a unsealed road covered in leaves and someone commented saying how I must be really brave and skilled to ride such a challenging road without a proper mountain bike and off road tyres.

The road runs alongside a lake shore so is pancake flat, it has a hardpacked surface and I ride it regularly even on slick tyred road bikes and I fail to see why it is such a challenge or why I would need a special bike to ride it

I wonder did the commentator notice my Raleigh is built up as a fixed wheel.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Cyclechat is full of curmedgeon`s and technophobes

 

[DCBassman]

curmedgeon`s <<<<< what's that apostrophe doing there?

And grammar nazis...

 

[Ajax Bay]

And grammer Nazis...

FTFY

 

[Salar]

Always have a steel framed bike.

Because, when you are in the depths of Africa or India and the frame snaps a local will weld it for you.

 

[matticus]

Always have a steel framed bike.

Because, when you are in the depths of Africa or India and the frame snaps a local will weld it for you.

Don't they have welding gear in Wales?

(If not, then I see your point - cos you're not going to Africa for a while, are you? )