[Closed] Bike or bike bits that should have been buried at birth

You should be more embarrassed by the tyres, though they're a worthy addition to this thread in themselves

Wildgrippers were a good tyre, as were lots of the other things in this thread relative to what else was available at the time. When Indys and Judys first came out Marzocchi hadn't yet launched the Bomber if I recall correctly.

This, on the other hand, was a lousy solution to a problem that didn't exist:

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Just to annoy davidtaylforth, feast your eyes on my 9-44t cassette

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PF30 bottom brackets.

When Indys and Judys first came out Marzocchi hadn't yet launched the Bomber if I recall correctly.

The Indy was released in 1997, so the Bomber was around by this time. The Judy pre-dated the Bomber by a couple of years - they were still rubbish though with plastic cop caps.

today's tiny item of annoyance:

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so do they actually serve a purpose? and how long do I look on the garage floor before going to look in the "odd" bits box?

Edit for people from this century its part of a quick release

if you have ever done service at a road race youll appreciate the frustration at weight saving roadies who remove em.

asshats.

But other than keeping your skewar central for easy wheel insertation they do nothing.

For quick wheel changes they make life SOOOO much quicker.

For quick wheel changes they make life SOOOO much quicker.

well it was a security skewer on my rat bike not much speed there - removed completely so could replace the balls and grease - a 5 minute job - compare that with the stress of hammering out sealed bearings

removed completely so could replace the balls and grease - a 5 minute job - compare that with the stress of hammering out sealed bearings

was this supposed to be an ironic statement ?

Someone put a picture of my old XTR shifter brake combos that I still have on my bike which I love...the best shifters and brakes I have had on a bike even if they were separate. But making them into one unti is a great idea. After all its only the same idea as the Shimano road bike levers and brakes..Grip shift now I would agree that is a sack of shit and should have stayed on a Raleigh Grifter with three gears not 8-9 speed of adjustment!

Aren't they the flappy paddle shifters? brake and shift with the same lever?

Anything with a 'unified rear triangle'

Misses the point of being buried at birth as at the time URT had a purpose at did it's job well.

RS Indy's were awful. The Judy's were only marginally better.

Again, when launched the Judy was hailed as the best fork about. Granted, later versions were mince though.

Tioga Psycho II's. Terrifying front tyre.

The 'free' allen key sets provided with any MTB magazine.