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Not so long ago I followed the crowd and changed a perfectly good set of tyres that I had no issues with.
Guess what I bought? Hans dampf for the front and a Nobby Nic for the rear.
My god it's an aweful set up for me! Way too much drag for my liking and more grip than I need. I can imagine I'd love them if I had ski lifts around me to ease the pain of squirming their draggy grippy knobbles up the trails and had a load more descending to actually get enough speed up so I can use the grip.
I've appreciated them on the odd descent in the Lakes and the Peaks but the rest of the ride has suffered for having them on.
On this one I have to say I shouldn't have followed the herd....
What are your sheep like mistakes?
Not buying a USE Sumo seat post. Apparently it's the seat clamp of death.
When I did find a bargain one it was a piece of piss to set up and has remained rock solid.
To be honest, I've been pretty lucky so far especially with tyres but that's mainly because once I find some I like I tend to stick with them.
I can't really think of a trend I've jumped on and hated and I guess I've jumped on a few (although I've done wide bars and short stems for as long as I can remember). I've bought bikes that I've hated.
new romanticism in 1981
RD has made me think of some of the none bike trends...in my case Nu Metal!
As far as bike stuff goes I often go against it...still on 26ers, love my Fox forks, like Hayes brakes, love Sram drivetrains, like Cannondales, don't have owt against trail centres etc.
Tioga farmer John's nephews. Everybody had them in the early 90s. Total bag of manure.
Tioga psychos. Everybody had them in the.... (Repeat until fade)
Latex tubes were the worst lemming like decision. Every time you'd come to use the bike they'd be flat: not from a slow, they'd just bleed air away. They could also burst from getting too warm. Useless.
The trend is over.
new romanticism in 1981
I was thinking simply "wedge" haircuts.
Getting wed. Seemed very popular a while back. Can't seem to see any positives in the thing now.
new romanticism in 1981
Obviously. 😀
I was into break dancing and the like when I was 14. 😕
Belt clips for phones...
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A flat top mullet in 1986. Done for a girlfriend. I looked like a twunt of the highest order. 2 hair styles in 1. Both of which looked awful. She dumped me a month later. Took 2 years to grow it out again.
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EDIT: ^^^^^^^^^ just like that, but more twunty.
VHS
I like his novelty camera lens cap.
bigblackshed, you looked more twunty than him? ... Please would you still have any images of this you can share?
Twitter.
Caught between mates who love using it for rideouts and my Mothers constant "how are you Son" ****ter..
looking back, as a white, middle class teenager, living in suburban, privileged Newcastle, wearing an Africa Pendant, with not a hint of irony was not a good look.
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Getting wed. Seemed very popular a while back. Can't seem to see any positives in the thing now.
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Charge Spoon - bought one on the back of my mates and all the reviews saying how comfortable they are.
Not for me they aren't....
working for a living.
it's just so dull.
Strava, deleted the app off of my phone yesterday. Now i can get back to riding just for the sheer enjoyment. Damned competitive streak making me go balls out just because it's being recorded 🙄
Going out and getting pissed every weekend throughout my late teens and twenties. Wish I'd discovered riding sooner....
low-carb dieting. I didn't realise how drained and irritable it'd made me feel, since going back to a "normal" diet (following the racing weight book) I feel great again and can actually put all my effort into riding and weight training.
Not really a trend I've followed, more its the stuff I've realised I've missed out on.
My bikes have always been a bit too XC, although its a Cham with a 140mm fork, it's still got narrow ish tyres and the saddles always set too high, I can do all the things I want on it, but I've realised that actually I can probably have more fun with a longer fork, some bigger tyres and a bit more space to move about on.
[blowing my own trumpet]
A recent trip to the alps revealed that given the right equipment I'm actually not as bad at the descending/jumping thing that I thought I was,
[blowing my own trumpet/]
Time for a slight change in perspective
Strava, deleted the app off of my phone yesterday. Now i can get back to riding just for the sheer enjoyment. Damned competitive streak making me go balls out just because it's being recorded
Kind of this, I rarely use it now. It's quite interesting to see the stats, but not because I've killed myself to make them better. I'd rather have a nice, fun ride then look and go 'oh look, I've done xyz...'
idave diet and hoxton fin
Op: if chucking it, can I have your Dampf please? Email in profile.
Not getting rid matey, I'm keeping the combo for an Alps trip next summer.
All my mates ran flats and everybody I spoke to said SPDs are a terrible idea. I got a pair the other day just to try. What a game changer! Why did I not do this before?!
SPDs. Better than toe clips but nowhere as good as decent flat pedals with PINs.
All my mates ran flats and everybody I spoke to said SPDs are a terrible idea. I got a pair the other day just to try. What a game changer! Why did I not do this before?!
I thought the same on road bike, but can't get into spds on mtb. Maybe it'd be better if I used pedals with proper platform bits, but on the ones I have the float feels weird with my feet sliding around sideways.
SPD's here to.
Developed lots of bad habits as a result, trying to go back to flats and re-learn riding a bike
Reading online forums. I only took a peep to see if anyone had posted about cycling routes on Dartmoor, then I created an account and posted an innocent question about suspension settings. Now I'm writing long replies to subjects I have no knowledge about or interest in and I find myself becoming very angry at other forum users who botch there grammer and spolling. It infects my offline life as well, causing me to laugh at Audi drivers and roll my eyes when I see five oranges on display in the green grocers.
My advice to anyone reading this would be: don't get lured into reading online forums. Don't turn out like me.
full suspension gone through about 8 in the last 3 years having had a chameleon for years before. Just gone back well bfe anyway.
Come to think of it I also got an i phone which I make calls on and text with and that it, may have been more cost effective to stick to my vintage Nokia.
Tinsy.
No photo could be allowed to survive of that dark month of my life.
Anything uttered by a man with a "character" beard 😆
Road riding. It's ruining my life.
burly all mountain bikes. They have there place, but that place is not in the South of England.
Ahem Wordnumb when criticizing other peoples grammar you might want to use the correct "their" 😉
Bless.
Road riding. It's ruining my life.
burly all mountain bikes. They have there place, but that place is not in the South of England.
LOL @ the consecutive posts. My 35lb Alpine 160 is getting dusty as I spend most of my time out on my new road bike on the lanes of Oxfordshire 😀 (I dont regret either).
Only thing Ive bought from a flock mentality is a Charge Spoon on offer at Wiggle, given I love WTB Silverados don't know why I even bothered experimenting. Sold it to a mate after one ride-far too hard for me, whereas the silverado has a more flexible shell with cutaways.
Tubeless. Just not for me.
Merino is mine.
Rubbish sweaty woolly jumper, made me feel uncomfy and dim for believing the hype.
Alcohol. A very thin line between stupid & clever.
Not wearing earplugs at clubs, gigs and on motorbikes. Pardon?
High Rollers. Worst. Tyre. Ever.
British motorbikes. There is a very good reason why all those wonderful old British bike firms failed.
They sold awful, unreliable, vibratory, outdated piles of shite.
Horst link bikes. Read MBR, had three different ones. Now have 2 single pivots and they are the funnest bikes ever. I am sure there are terrible single pivot ones and great HL ones but that will teach me to buy a bike on magazine guff advice alone.
Also indie/alt/metal-fan undercuts with long hair (think whatsisface from the Wonder Stuff or Jason Newstead from Metallica) all though my teens till age 21. So wrong.
And for the guitarists, in the mid to late 90's I was also wont to compensate for my lack of skillz with over-use of silly effects pedals. (super phaser through a digitech whammy and 2 second delay? ooh, suits you sir!). Seriously, I took longer to set up than the drums. 😳
1. Schwalbe tyres. Expensive & Fragile.
2. Fizik Gobi. Horrendous arse pain.
3. Short stem, wide bars on an XC bike. Rode really well until the point where it would unpredictably and violently throw me OTB.
4. SPD's. Much prefer the feeling on flats.
5. Double and bash. Not fit enough to pull a 36t ring and missed the 44t on road. Lasted 2 rides then went on the classifieds.
No intention of going 29er...
Or 650b for that matter.
Gaggia Classic. Since ditched and reverted to instant. Kenco Millicano FTW!
The trend is over.
And gone forever?
Riding Retro bikes - the fun was in sourcing the parts and building the bike to look perfect... riding it was an unpleasant and expensive experience.
I'm much happier now I'm [s]riding[/s] breaking modern bikes 😉
Full suss. Overrated, expensive, breakable, limited benefits, cursed. And this is just for me before you get all upset.
Both full suss bikes I owned just gave me pain, suffering and heartache. I parted with both of them with tears in my eyes.
I believed the hype with Charge Spoon saddles and liked em so much I have em on both bikes
Tragically dropper seatposts and huge wide bars for me.