Author Topic: Cycling Room 101: Cycling Technology That Should Never Have Been Invented (Read 12924 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 January, 2024, 07:00:02 pm »

Quote from: Afasoas on 11 January, 2024, 05:57:36 pm

single pivot calliper brakes.

The Shimano ones with a ball race, like the 6400 ones, are about the best racing brakes ever made. The centreing problem goes away, they track rim wobbles, and they're light.

road-runner · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 January, 2024, 08:05:34 pm »

Bike stands like this.

slope · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 January, 2024, 08:39:32 pm »

Quote from: road-runner on 12 January, 2024, 08:05:34 pm

Bike stands like this.

+1

Zed43 · « **Reply #28 on:** 12 January, 2024, 09:23:11 pm »

Quote from: Afasoas on 11 January, 2024, 12:47:59 pm

What cycling technology causes more problems than it solves? What is all hype and no substance?
What would you nominate?

Anything after the penny-farthing.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #29 on:** 12 January, 2024, 09:23:50 pm »

Those barrier gates on Sustrans routes. Steps on Sustrans routes as well.

sg37409 · « **Reply #30 on:** 12 January, 2024, 10:14:31 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 12 January, 2024, 07:00:02 pm

Quote from: Afasoas on 11 January, 2024, 05:57:36 pm
single pivot calliper brakes.
The Shimano ones with a ball race, like the 6400 ones, are about the best racing brakes ever made. The centreing problem goes away, they track rim wobbles, and they're light.

I've kept an old pair of 105 brakes like this because theyre so nice. I dont use them, but they're nice to come across when delving in the spares box.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #31 on:** 12 January, 2024, 10:16:38 pm »

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

...

they've been reinvented quite a few times...

J

Paul H · « **Reply #32 on:** 12 January, 2024, 10:26:44 pm »

Cheap suspension forks (Some expensive ones as well)
They add nothing, except weight, to most of the bikes they're fitted too. The idea seems such an obvious advantage it's hard to argue against. They've become standard on most hybrid bikes and sadly that's transferred to E-bikes.

Robh · « **Reply #33 on:** 12 January, 2024, 11:43:09 pm »

The current issue of Cycling UK's cycle magazine carries an ad for this:

https://www.saddlespur.com

In spite of the claims of supportive research, I don't think I'll be buying one.

Kim · « **Reply #34 on:** 12 January, 2024, 11:47:18 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 12 January, 2024, 10:16:38 pm

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

Indicator lights for cyclists.

...

they've been reinvented quite a few times...

J

Objection: They have their uses in some niche applications. Much like saddles. Which have also been invented a few more times than seems strictly necessary (see previous post).

Jaded · « **Reply #35 on:** 13 January, 2024, 12:08:21 am »

Hemlocks.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #36 on:** 13 January, 2024, 12:16:53 am »

Bike thieves.

J

TimC · « **Reply #37 on:** 13 January, 2024, 05:44:14 am »

Quote from: Zed43 on 12 January, 2024, 09:23:11 pm

Quote from: Afasoas on 11 January, 2024, 12:47:59 pm
What cycling technology causes more problems than it solves? What is all hype and no substance?
What would you nominate?
Anything after the penny-farthing.

Surely the bicycle reached the pinnacle of its development with the hobby-horse in 1817. Any frippery attached since then is, of course, redundant decoration.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #38 on:** 13 January, 2024, 07:25:53 am »

Quote from: Lightning Phil on 12 January, 2024, 09:23:50 pm

~~Those barrier gates on~~ Sustrans routes. ~~Steps on Sustrans routes as well.~~

Ah, that's better.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #39 on:** 13 January, 2024, 08:03:17 am »

The useless workshy twat who forgot to specify a dropped kerb here…

rogerzilla · « **Reply #40 on:** 13 January, 2024, 09:02:57 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 13 January, 2024, 08:03:17 am

The useless workshy twat who forgot to specify a dropped kerb here…

It's so you can show off your mad skillz.

https://youtu.be/Viszek1LlpA?si=3yme2P-a_ToYBu6H

mzjo · « **Reply #41 on:** 13 January, 2024, 09:16:09 am »

Quote from: Afasoas on 11 January, 2024, 05:57:36 pm

~~single pivot calliper~~ [brakes.

Who needs them when you've scrapped the rest of the bike except frame and wheels!

MartinC · « **Reply #42 on:** 13 January, 2024, 11:22:49 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 13 January, 2024, 08:03:17 am

The useless workshy twat who forgot to specify a dropped kerb here…

It is in Folly Lane.

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 January, 2024, 02:19:27 pm »

The car

Regulator · « **Reply #44 on:** 15 January, 2024, 01:18:31 pm »

Quote from: Robh on 12 January, 2024, 11:43:09 pm

The current issue of Cycling UK's cycle magazine carries an ad for this:

https://www.saddlespur.com

In spite of the claims of supportive research, I don't think I'll be buying one.

It's not as bad as the sixthreezero Super Max Cush Extra.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #45 on:** 15 January, 2024, 02:58:09 pm »

I can see that^ having a use on, say, those cycling bars associated with places like Munich (though I saw one in the centre of Bristol t'other weekend, presumably a stag party or similar) and more prosaically on semi-recumbent cycles such as cycleman's ES3 (if I've got the name right).

citoyen · « **Reply #46 on:** 15 January, 2024, 03:24:10 pm »

Quote from: Robh on 12 January, 2024, 11:43:09 pm

The current issue of Cycling UK's cycle magazine carries an ad for this:

https://www.saddlespur.com

In spite of the claims of supportive research, I don't think I'll be buying one.

That looks like something you'd buy from a 'special interest' website.

Robh · « **Reply #47 on:** 15 January, 2024, 04:57:11 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 15 January, 2024, 03:24:10 pm

Quote from: Robh on 12 January, 2024, 11:43:09 pm
The current issue of Cycling UK's cycle magazine carries an ad for this:

https://www.saddlespur.com

In spite of the claims of supportive research, I don't think I'll be buying one.

That looks like something you'd buy from a 'special interest' website.

Well, I did wonder about how one got one's leg over when mounting.

paton · « **Reply #48 on:** 20 January, 2024, 02:46:44 pm »

Carbon fibre that can not be recycled.
Metals can be recycled, but carbon fibre not so much.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #49 on:** 20 January, 2024, 05:47:02 pm »

Carbon fibre can be recycled by pyrolysis. Whether it is, in the case of bike frames, is another matter; but I doubt if most metal bike frames are actually recycled either.