Cycling stuff you wish you hadn't bought

[maurice]

Madison specs with three single piece changeable lenses.
When looking ahead, they gave the impression that my eyelevel was an extra metre up from the road surface. Thought I might get used to them but eventually just dumped them.

Heh, I thought it was just me that found those a bit strange!

 

[jimboalee]

Garmin eTrex Legend C.

24 meg memory ????
I left it in the car one hot day and the rubber bumper band slid off in a sticky mess.
It switched itself off a few times due to vibration.
One battery connection tab snapped.

I had to wait a long time for a 31mm handlebar mount.

It 'Lost Satellite Conection' in the cafe stops.

 

[Speck]

TOPEAK Whitelite, the rubber band thingy won't go around my handlebars.

 

[snorri]

Heh, I thought it was just me that found those a bit strange!

Thanks for confirming my views.

 

[rich p]

Brooks saddle but don't get me started on that again

Topeak clamp on seatpost rack and bag. Weighs a ton and the cam clamp rusted and seized.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Tyre dynamo that came with my Brompton.

 

[GrasB]

Continental UltraSport Kelvar 700x23. The pun****e protection was a joke as I averaged a pun****e every 50 miles or there abouts & I've had more pun****e resistant tyres without any protection.

 

[jay clock]

Just bought six l/s jerseys from Ground Effect

blimey that must have been costly. I got a Baked Alaska in Sept and it cost me £84....

 

[mr Mag00]

sealskin socks a few years ago, held water and my feet were freezing, painful for hours afterward

 

[Dayvo]

blimey that must have been costly. I got a Baked Alaska in Sept and it cost me £84....

Reasonable, compared to prices here!

BUT got collared by import tax! 50% - KUNZ!

 

[dan_bo]

Conti sport contact MTB tyres.

3 weeks- no joke- 7 punctures and down to the thread.

Fourty quids' worth of tyre. and I lost the puncture proof guarantee thing so i couldn't even get 'em replaced.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

specialzed ? helmet off t'internet.

fitted and felt like a mediaeval torture device, does anyone have a completely round head?

 

[kfinlay]

Red 750ml Camelback waterbottle, more my fault though as I didn't know it wouldn't fit in my cage So now sitting on a shelf in my garage still with wrapper on it! I'm still using the cheapo Halfrauds one I nicked from my son's MTB
Anyone know of a bottle that has a straw that do fit in a bottle cage?

 

[MajorMantra]

My second pair of Lidl shoes with the cleat plate made of brie. (The 1st pair is still fine.)

Matthew

 

[BigSteev]

Conti sport contact MTB tyres.

3 weeks- no joke- 7 punctures and down to the thread.

Fourty quids' worth of tyre. and I lost the puncture proof guarantee thing so i couldn't even get 'em replaced.

Been running them on my commuter for 2 months. no probs so far Shhhh.