What old cycling technology don't you ever want to see again?

[Punkawallah]

Another Dawes Renown here, but mine's on 25s.

Sissy :-)

Mine is on 23 atm (long story, free tyres), but curious to see what something nearer the original 20mm runs like. Or, I could just be a masochist :-)

 

[PpPete]

Sissy :-)

Definitely !
All my other bikes are on 28s (or bigger)

 

[Punkawallah]

Yup. Galaxy is on 1 1/4 :-)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Solid tyres

 

[Smokin Joe]

Solid tyres

Somebody here used to swear by them and boast about laughing at people he passed who were mending a puncture. He disappeared a few years ago but I can't remember his forum name.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Somebody here used to swear by them and boast about laughing at people he passed who were mending a puncture. He disappeared a few years ago but I can't remember his forum name.

Probably rattled down one to many a road and with vibration finger is no longer able to type.

 

[Retread]

Rim brakes, they seem so antiquated now...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Rim brakes, they seem so antiquated now...

Replaced with the 'spinning wheels of death' that apparently kill so many people in race crashes

or something

Personally I love my disc brakes - especially in winter
last winter I took my wife's folder out for a spin one day and it was wet
it has rim brakes
went through a puddle before a junction and scared myself ****less when I put the brakes on

 

[Peugeotrider]

Bear trap pedals
One of those to the shin is on a par to placing your willy in a bees nest

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Halogen bulbs in lights

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Bear trap pedals
One of those to the shin is on a par to placing your willy in a bees nest

Based on the state of the back of my right leg after 'misjudging' wriggling through a gate the other day
modern flat MTB pedals can be pretty risky!!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Leather saddles.

 

[southcoast]

Carbon Fibre bikes! Lol

 

[roley poley]

Bottom bracket dynamos ..I had a sanyo one that would aquaplane on the tyre under the breath of moisture in the atmosphere, even chose to coat it with a band of Emery cloth which did sort of stop it on my nighttime commute ,but still cr*p as the wear on the tread was horrendous

 

[Dogtrousers]

Bottom bracket dynamos ..I had a sanyo one that would aquaplane on the tyre under the breath of moisture in the atmosphere, even chose to coat it with a band of Emery cloth which did sort of stop it on my nighttime commute ,but still cr*p as the wear on the tread was horrendous

I'm glad to say I'd never heard of them until now.