Modern bike features that've spoiled old bikes for you..

[Ming the Merciless]

There is also a QR equivalent of these, which is supposed to hold the wheel much more securely than normal QR skewers

Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

 

[Gunk]

Work of devils and made of cheese

I disagree, 2x10 speed Dura Ace is like a Rolex watch, later stuff is not so good

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I disagree, 2x10 speed Dura Ace is like a Rolex watch

Expensive for the basic feature it offers, often used as a sign of wealth, many fakes sold on street corners, and owners often mugged for them?

 

[Paulus]

Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

Not me.

 

[lostinthought]

Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

With rim brakes, it's unheard of, as long as your condition of "done it up properly" is held to.

Disc brakes- certainly theoretically possible and I vaguely remember dramatic accounts of wheels falling out when discs first became popular, especially around suspension forks which could create curious situations where QR's could unwind. I assumed this is why thru-axles took over, to solve the wheel-ejection problem?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Disc brakes- certainly theoretically possible and I vaguely remember dramatic accounts of wheels falling out when discs first became popular, especially around suspension forks which could create curious situations where QR's could unwind.

But did you actually witness it first hand?

 

[lostinthought]

But did you actually witness it first hand?

Absolutely not! Nor any definitive accounts

 

[HLaB]

Pneumatic tyres, it put me right off my old Hobby Horse ;-)

 

[tyred]

Chain drive and gearing ruined the cycling experience for me. I could see over the hedges on my penny farthing.

 

[Drago]

Bicycle seats ruined cycling for me. Real men relish the experience of resting their ring atop an unpadded stem.

 

[ColinJ]

Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

With rim brakes, it's unheard of, as long as your condition of "done it up properly" is held to.

But did you actually witness it first hand?

Absolutely not! Nor any definitive accounts

I was told by an experienced audax rider that her rear wheel kept pulling over on hard efforts on climbs on one ride. Neither she nor her equally experienced companions could stop it happening!

The problem turned out to be that she was using ultralight titanium QR skewers. The problem was solved by switching back to standard (heavier, but much less stretchy) Shimano QRs.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I’ve got a seventies 12 speed running Suntour Cyclone derailleurs.

lovely thing that, sweet ride.




I also have a 2023 Trek Domane. Aluminum frame, carbon fork, disc brakes…

the Trek is suddenly sporting a 1972 Shimano Crane derailleur and friction shifters

now the Domane is as much fun as the old bike.

 

[Fredo76]

Nothing that I can think of. I can retro-fit what I like of the new parts. I'm pretty tolerant of the old quirks and performance, have the gearing I need thanks to triple cranks, have clipless and brifters on two bikes. Clem has a nine-speed cassette, but I wouldn't say that it has 'spoiled' me.

But, SMP saddles with great big holes in them have spoiled me forever, I'm afraid. Not going back in that department.

 

[Punkawallah]

I disagree, 2x10 speed Dura Ace is like a Rolex watch, later stuff is not so good

Similarly for the Shimano SIS. Beloved of ‘weight weenies’ and ‘bike nouveau’? No. But it will take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. Unlike some of their more ‘femme’ offerings.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I was told by an experienced audax rider that her rear wheel kept pulling over on hard efforts on climbs on one ride.

Not disc brake caused then? Sure there were and are crap external cam QRs sold on BSOs. But get the typical internal cam QR and you won’t hsve issues.