What old cycling technology etc would you like to see return?

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davidphilips

Veteran
Location
Onabike
With new technology replacing old, list is almost endless what would you like to see a return of?

My first choice has to be a return of head badges, no function value but a nice bit of bling.
 

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Slick

Guru
Maybe not Litespeed being but my Genesis does still come with a head badge.

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rogerzilla

Legendary Member
Internally-geared hubs on kids' bikes.

Saddlebag loops on saddles.

9 speed in better groupsets - it is the sweet spot between "not close enough gears" and "too fussy and expensive".

Triple chainsets.

Horizontal dropouts on lightweight frames (and decent QRs).

Rigid MTBs.

Straight bars on MTBs - riser bars are a joke.
 

GuyBoden

Guru
Location
Warrington
Downtube shifters. Much more elegant and hardly difficult to use.
For true downtube friction shifters, only the rachet type seem to be the longest lasting, Suntour power shifter or Simplex Retrofriction seem to be good, the other makes seem to wear and don't hold in place over 50+ years. :smile:

Indexed downtube shifters are modern, different and slightly more complex.
 
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