Parts no one misses on New Bikes...
08-07-23, 01:56 PM
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Parts no one misses on New Bikes...
i'll start the list with... Cottered Cranksets and their tapered cotter Bolts.
i have spent countless hours trying to remove the bolts... only to find that the crank arm is far more stuck in place than the bolt ever was....
if someone brings an old raleigh three speed by with a bad bottom bracket,, i tell them, up front, that it's not worth fixing, and that the Crank is stuck to the spindle, so it may need to be CUT with a grinder to be removed.... some insist and persist, due to sentimental wants, then gripe about the repair bill.
i have spent countless hours trying to remove the bolts... only to find that the crank arm is far more stuck in place than the bolt ever was....
if someone brings an old raleigh three speed by with a bad bottom bracket,, i tell them, up front, that it's not worth fixing, and that the Crank is stuck to the spindle, so it may need to be CUT with a grinder to be removed.... some insist and persist, due to sentimental wants, then gripe about the repair bill.
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08-07-23, 03:27 PM
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Steel rims.
Steel seat posts, with a separate clamp that has a bolt running horizontally/laterally and two-piece steel clamp for each seat rail, you know the type.
Freewheel clusters. They worked okay, but cassettes are so much nicer.
Steel seat posts, with a separate clamp that has a bolt running horizontally/laterally and two-piece steel clamp for each seat rail, you know the type.
Freewheel clusters. They worked okay, but cassettes are so much nicer.
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08-07-23, 03:58 PM
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"Dork Disk" -- The infamous accessory of dubious utility so popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
"Rat Trap" pedals -- Many a shin bone still contains bumps galore, from an ill-fated "oops" moment with those things.
Rim-type Bottle generators -- Don't see many of these around, anymore. Good to see that there are several decent alternatives for front hub dynamo generators.
"Banana" seats -- Like disco, it died a few decades ago.
"Rat Trap" pedals -- Many a shin bone still contains bumps galore, from an ill-fated "oops" moment with those things.
Rim-type Bottle generators -- Don't see many of these around, anymore. Good to see that there are several decent alternatives for front hub dynamo generators.
"Banana" seats -- Like disco, it died a few decades ago.
08-07-23, 04:04 PM
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Crappy center pull brakes.
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08-07-23, 04:49 PM
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I already miss square-taper BBs/cranksets, quill stems, and quick release hubs, so any appearance on this list of those items will be incorrect.
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08-07-23, 04:57 PM
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I was always a person who appreciated the latest state of the art back in the 1970's. There was so much innovative stuff coming out back then. There are lots of things from back then that I miss. Things that are no longer around had their day, but there are tons of things that I very much miss E.G the flickstand
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08-07-23, 05:10 PM
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Parts not missed
Downtube shifters.
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08-07-23, 05:19 PM
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Grip Shift
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quick release skewers
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Freewheels and "dork discs" still very much exist along with a bunch of other stuff on the list. However I wouldn't mind seeing some of that stuff gone.
08-07-23, 07:38 PM
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Brake and shift cables
Inner tubes
toe clips
QR skewers
Front mechs on mtbs
Inner tubes
toe clips
QR skewers
Front mechs on mtbs
08-07-23, 08:01 PM
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If a 'lightweight' road bike (that's really all I've ridden much as an adult) from the '70s, '80s, '90s, 00's, 10's, or 20's is in good condition with nice tires - I would be happy to ride it. Maybe happy to own it.
I do not miss 35pound, single speed bicycles - like the one I used on a 1960's paper route.
Across 60 years of road biking, the changes have been more evolutionary than revolutionary, imho.
Give me disc brakes, thru axles, electronic shifting, stiffer forks, steerers, and stems for hills and mountain rides. For flatter rides where speed is not the #1 priority = I miss none of the modern improvements.
edit: I miss shiny bits on bicycles.
I do not miss 35pound, single speed bicycles - like the one I used on a 1960's paper route.
Across 60 years of road biking, the changes have been more evolutionary than revolutionary, imho.
Give me disc brakes, thru axles, electronic shifting, stiffer forks, steerers, and stems for hills and mountain rides. For flatter rides where speed is not the #1 priority = I miss none of the modern improvements.
edit: I miss shiny bits on bicycles.
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I totally don't understand everyone's issues with QR skewers. What I dislike is "lawyer lips." I also don't miss having to carry a wrench to take my wheels off ......
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...the Buddha said that attachment is the root of suffering. I try not to get too attached, so as not to miss anything.
...the Buddha said that attachment is the root of suffering. I try not to get too attached, so as not to miss anything.
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I don’t miss the stem mounted shifters on my old Schwinn 10 speeds.
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...I just realized that I don't miss bicycle wheel rims without bead hooks, and the low pressure tires that went with them. This Buddhism thing is working for me.
...I just realized that I don't miss bicycle wheel rims without bead hooks, and the low pressure tires that went with them. This Buddhism thing is working for me.
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Sissy Bars.
Stems with deep bolts and plastic caps.
Mario Cipollini.
Stems with deep bolts and plastic caps.
Mario Cipollini.
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8 speed cassettes
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A great cost-effective option for that MTB/roadie you want to convert to a utility/commuter bicycle. No need to put a costly set of shifters/brifters on one of those bicycles.
The old screw-on freewheel gear clusters were a PITA to remove, cassettes work much better!
I like QR wheel attachment systems, just easier to get on/off to fix a flat. Square Taper bottom brackets, rim brakes, cabled brake & shifting systems all work fine and are easy to maintain with a basic set of tools.
The old screw-on freewheel gear clusters were a PITA to remove, cassettes work much better!
I like QR wheel attachment systems, just easier to get on/off to fix a flat. Square Taper bottom brackets, rim brakes, cabled brake & shifting systems all work fine and are easy to maintain with a basic set of tools.
08-08-23, 05:16 AM
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Thumb shifters were no more expensive than twistgrips, and were a lot more useful, IMO. With twistgrips one must use the same portion of the grip which is most necessary for control, for shifting as well---thus combining motions which are unrelated, compromising either control or shifting.
With thumb- or trigger shifters, one can grip the bar with the fingers (or thumb and fingers) and still shift. And twist shifted Grip Shifts were in now way cheaper originally, and certainly nowhere near as simple. A thumb shifter is just a lever on a pivot, essentially .... basically a downtube shifter on the bars. Stone-age simple .....
As you mentions .... "... work fine and are easy to maintain with a basic set of tools."
But ... i will let that slide because you have solid views on the rest of the stuff ... (read: "you agree with me."
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With thumb- or trigger shifters, one can grip the bar with the fingers (or thumb and fingers) and still shift. And twist shifted Grip Shifts were in now way cheaper originally, and certainly nowhere near as simple. A thumb shifter is just a lever on a pivot, essentially .... basically a downtube shifter on the bars. Stone-age simple .....
As you mentions .... "... work fine and are easy to maintain with a basic set of tools."
But ... i will let that slide because you have solid views on the rest of the stuff ... (read: "you agree with me."
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