Worst bit of kit

[Ming the Merciless]

Sealskinz gloves, unlike their socks, are POS. The inners are unattached inside so putting on and removing is a performance.
Quite a few tyre levers are not up to the task.
Cheap foldup bike tools are a waste of money.

Agree, I got some Sealskin gloves for winter commuting. The weren't waterproof, the lining pulled out making them hard to put back on, they were sweaty. I went back to mountaineering gloves for winter and never looked back.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

One of those bells with a spring for a clanger. Total and absolute crap

 

[oldwheels]

Umpteen mini pumps I agree with but I quite like my chain cleaner. Mountain bikes have a wide range and my current 1980’s one is multi purpose.

 

[Nibor]

The triangular frame carrier appeared in the early days of mountain biking when we were actually shouldering bikes to carry them up proper mountains, not like nowadays when "mountain biking" means racing down hills on engineless motor bikes or charging round man-made trails like a hamster in a wheel.

The chain cleaning devices were useless especially as the fluid would dribble into your BB or freehub and wash out the grease.

The white threads appear on all lycra shorts, not only Castelli, when the textile gets abraded or washed too aggressively and the little elastic threads break out of the warp and weft.

Pedant alert no warp and weft in lycra it is a knitted fabric

 

[sleuthey]

Muc Off Dry Ceramic Chain Lube. It was badged at the time for mainly dry but occasional wet use. You went through one puddle and that was it, time to re-lube the chain unless you wanted to put up with a load of unhealthy noises.

 

[PeteXXX]

I've got the Assos equivalent (there was a "deal" on albeit still not cheap) and they were great

They were warm and toasty, yes, but useless when trying to change gear or apply the brakes...

 

[confusedcyclist]

Chain cleaner

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Really? I love mine. Makes quick work of really gunked up chains. Got to use the right degreasing agent though.

My worst purchase was the Airzound. What was I thinking. It wasn't cheap either, but is great for practical jokes on DW. She is known to occasionally spill her tea/jump out of her skin etc.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYkBHGurj-I

 

[kapelmuur]

Flimsy tyre levers that snap when I’m in the middle of nowhere. And to add to puncture misery, those valve pins that unscrew themselves and drop into long grass when the pump is removed never to be found again.

 

[Mike_P]

Agree on how many tyre levers are not fit for purpose, either they break or they do not lock onto the spoke

 

[Drago]

My Rapha B******s to Brexit cycling top. When I wasn't being pelted with rotten fruit the Police were ordering me to remove it. A waste of £105 that was.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Cannondale
BB30
BB Right
BB30PF
GXP
ZERTS
Avid brakes
Specialized
Anything that generates data
Crank Brothers Egg Beater pedals
Zipp wheels
Bikepacking stuff
Gravel nonsense
Cheap suspension forks
Sofa saddles
Brooks saddles
Assos
Sports drinks, gels, powders potions and pretense
GoPro shoot
Anything that needs a recharge after each ride
Cleats you can't walk on
Salty roads
Fake suspension bikes
"Solutions" to punctures
"Alternatives" to training and conditioning - a.k.a large sprockets
Gyroscopes (nudge nudge, wink wink).
Bike fitting centres
Peloton bikes and the like
Sportives
Clubs
Non-beer drinks

 

[Mark Walker]

Another one for Sealskin gloves

 

[Rusty Nails]

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🖕 These 🖕
Awful things!!

Fugly as hell, but useful if you have Reynaud's.

 

[Gunk]

Cheap Chinese eBay crank extractor tool. It just stripped the thread of the tool, worse than useless.

 

[Drago]

Cannondale
BB30
BB Right
BB30PF
GXP
ZERTS
Avid brakes
Specialized
Anything that generates data
Crank Brothers Egg Beater pedals
Zipp wheels
Bikepacking stuff
Gravel nonsense
Cheap suspension forks
Sofa saddles
Brooks saddles
Assos
Sports drinks, gels, powders potions and pretense
GoPro shoot
Anything that needs a recharge after each ride
Cleats you can't walk on
Salty roads
Fake suspension bikes
"Solutions" to punctures
"Alternatives" to training and conditioning - a.k.a large sprockets
Gyroscopes (nudge nudge, wink wink).
Bike fitting centres
Peloton bikes and the like
Sportives
Clubs
Non-beer drinks

You forgot dropper seat posts.