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

[avalon]

531 frames. I have three but in my part of the world nearly everyone else has alloy or carbon.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

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.

A couple of quid in decathlon & you can have them white or yellow, I have a couple of pairs, generally for when I'm riding in office wear and don't want to get my suit trousers too creasey by being tucked into my socks. One for each side helps with not catching flappy material on an empty bottle rack.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

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.

Sam Browne's are available in the 'H' place so probably why most haven't seen them recently . It is an essential piece of my kit as; along with pedal reflectors; it screams cyclist to other road users in a way the ubiquitous builders/delivery man hi-viz vest doesn't.

It is also small & easily stowable off the bike allowing me to dress like a normal person, ride suited and booted etc without carrying unnecessary tat about with me.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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.

Thats them, as seen on this Grifter
http://raleighgrifter.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=genchat&action=display&thread=1516
the brackets tended to go brittle and shatter.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

531 frames. I have three but in my part of the world nearly everyone else has alloy or carbon.

I had several 531 framed bikes

 

[GrumpyGregry]

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.

I bought one in black and white last year with matching arm bands. Just the thing for a commute in darkness. And round here, a thing you hardly ever see, is people commuting on bikes in the dark.

 

[junglegusset]

Thats them, as seen on this Grifter
http://raleighgrifter.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=genchat&action=display&thread=1516
the brackets tended to go brittle and shatter.

They are the wonder lights I remember, but that's no Grifter, if I'm not mistaken it's a Raleigh Tuff 2 Burner, quite valuable now I believe.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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.

I'd forgotten about the brackets - used to annoy me when they went rusty.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Proper lights
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..... along with front fork leg bosses for the lamp brackets....... and the awesome Ever Ready 800 battery

 

[MontyVeda]

Thats them, as seen on this Grifter Burner
http://raleighgrifter.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=genchat&action=display&thread=1516
the brackets tended to go brittle and shatter.

i remember thinking those lights were a pinnacle of design.... just goes to show how bad bike lights were before them... and for a decade or two after.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Can't remember what they were called but... those hard sponge airless no puncture tyres.

 

[ufkacbln]

Maybe it should be 'cycling related things that are not seen any more except in east London'.

.. or in my Garage.

I have virtually everything on this list fitted to one of the stable, or in the spares box

 

[ufkacbln]

Then my contributiion....

The "Eco-Bulb"

IN the early days this company brought out a replacement bulb for rear lights which had 3 LEDS

Simply replace your original bulb and extend battery life

 

[Saluki]

or rarely seen! Some like mileometers and tyre driven speedos have been superseded by better things but are still available; others are transient creatures, e.g. indicators, enjoying a brief moment of fame and then disappearing for years.
Some that I remember -

Multi coloured hub cleaners - similar to pipe cleaners

I have some 'similar to pipe cleaners' cleaning things but for my cassette, bike floss. I got them from here. They are excellent. Harry is a lovely chap too.

 

[Saluki]

Genius! I might put one of these: http://www.purpleharry.co.uk/products/bike-floss on a hub and see how it goes.

Ah! Didn't see your post before I put mine up.
They are are an excellent product. The bike polish and helmet/glove/shoe sanitiser is great too.