Cycling related things that are not seen any more...

[MickL]

A peg and a bit of cardboard, makes you sound like Harley Davidson on heat when your wheels go round.

 

[Herbie]

Those red plastic discs on a stalk that stick out to fend off cars. I only know one person who still has one - he's a long-distance touring type, and has modified his so it hinges out from the end of a long stick attached across the rack on his bike.

I haven't seen one of those for a while but they were quite common....doubt if they were any use though?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Nail on cleats for use with toeclips and straps. Plus fours. Long socks. Real chamois pads.

Eddie wears those all the time on FNRttC. Damn it. I've got a pair of Rapha plus fours.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Gigantic yellow plastic capes with matching sou'westers and gloves.

 

[snorri]

This thread is taking all the oldies out of the woodwork, or are you all regular visitors to bicycle museums?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Gigantic yellow plastic capes with matching sou'westers and gloves.

I don't have the sou'westers and gloves but I do have a bright yellow cape, it lives in my work bag, along with other things that could be unknown to science.

This thread is taking all the oldies out of the woodwork, or are you all regular visitors to bicycle museums?

Having been a cyclist for over 40 years I remember most of whats on this thread. anyone remember the big square white plastic lights? I think they were called wonderlights and they ran off a door bell battery, the light output was such that a candle would have been a better option, I used to train on unlit country lanes with a set of these on the bike, its amazing that I didn't hit something
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[Deleted member 1258]

Some fascinating stuff on here

http://classiccycleus.com/home/repair/memorabilia/

 

[robjh]

anyone remember the big square white plastic lights? I think they were called wonderlights and they ran off a door bell battery, the light output was such that a candle would have been a better option, I used to train on unlit country lanes with a set of these on the bike, its amazing that I didn't hit something
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I thought Wonderlights were the (relatively) slimline versions that appeared in the early 80s - they were white and plastic but much thinner than earlier stuff, and sat in a bracket that mounted on your handlebars or similar. They had a tendency to bounce out when you went over a road bump. They replaced the large box-shaped ones that you used to fit on the mount on your forks - or at least they did on my bike. Of course maybe they were all Wonderlights, and these were just the next generation of them.

 

[ColinJ]

bicycle clips,
i always wondered why these were sold in pairs , ok one for your trousers on the drve side ,but surely you dont need one on the other side.

I once managed to get a left trouser leg hooked over the end of my bottle cage and almost crashed!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Has anyone mentioned the drinking bottles with the tubes,on the handlebars? Or chrome sometimes with leather toe clips?

 

[robjh]

Or what about yellow reflective Sam Browne belts - the round-your-waist and over-your-shoulder contraptions? I wore them on both bike and motorbike for many years, but I haven't seen one on a cyclist for a long time now. Mind you, Tredz still sells them so someone must be buying.

 

[ColinJ]

Has anyone mentioned the drinking bottles with the tubes,on the handlebars?

Lazy bugger - yes!

 

[broadway]

Haha I havent actually seen any in 4 years of commuting, I see a few old boy type riders on my runs but none have these...

Funny thing today saw some for the first time in years.

 

[MontyVeda]

bicycle clips,
i always wondered why these were sold in pairs , ok one for your trousers on the drve side ,but surely you dont need one on the other side.

it depends on how wide one like ones trousers.

 

[Havoc6]

Proper lights