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

[jowwy]

Pedal bikes….never do i want to see that manual technology again, especially when climbing hills, when E bikes make them so much easier and fun to climb

manual pedal power is such old technology.

 

[Brummie53]

In contrast to the other thread.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/w...logy-etc-would-you-like-to-see-return.275229/

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

I'll start the ball rolling with 1970's Cowhorn handlebars, uncomfy saddles, cotter pins, short mudguards and brakes that don't stop.

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Seem to remember the cow horns being around in the late 60’s -70’s and desperately wanting some as a pimply faced school kid! Then all of a sudden they weren’t around anymore. Maybe I liked them as a substitute for a Harley Davidson! Sorry if I’ve strayed off the post a little

 

[Brummie53]

Er, that's my dream bike

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I’m with you Chris S

 

[Brummie53]

Steel wheel rims with terrible brakes.
42/52 chainsets with 14/24 blocks. No wonder I struggled up hills...
And those awful lights with Krypton bulbs that chewed through D-cell Duracells and still didn't light the road in any acceptable sense.
And finally - lights that used these.
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Still got the lap that battery fitted. Don’t suppose the batteries are made anymore

 

[TheDoctor]

Still got the lap that battery fitted. Don’t suppose the batteries are made anymore

Still available! I'm surprised...

 

[simongt]

is on a par to placing your willy in a bees nest

I trust that's an academic omparison - !

 

[Dogtrousers]

Bear trap pedals

Another thing I'd never heard of - I've only come across their less threatening rat catching relatives. I googled them. They are absolutely hilarious looking. They look like the kind of thing Boudicca might attach to her chariot.

 

[Gixxerman]

About 1 candle power and ate batteries at a extraordinary rate.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

White tyres like white dog poo

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

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About 1 candle power and ate batteries at a extraordinary rate.

I had them!!
Took 2 U2 batteries - hence probably weighed more than most bikes!!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The flimsy racks of the 80s that came with racing bikes. About as stable as a rotten fence in a hurricane

 

[Andy in Germany]

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About 1 candle power and ate batteries at a extraordinary rate.

I remember those on my mums bike; they had one great advantage: even by the 1980's they were utterly unnickable.

 

[Oldhippy]

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About 1 candle power and ate batteries at a extraordinary rate.

And added three stone to the bike.

 

[avecReynolds531]

A funny, insightful look at a 70 year old bike (as if it had been made in 2018): https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/reviewing-70-year-old-drysdale-special-road-bike/

 

[Blue Hills]

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About 1 candle power and ate batteries at a extraordinary rate.

which is of course why they were sold by a battery company.
Which mysteriously seemed to stop flogging bike lights once ones which didn't eat batteries came along.