[Closed] Components you don't see mentioned anymore?

bar ends

and for the really old pipe lagging

* V & calliper brakes are not expectable answers

Then let me surprise you 🙂

LX?
ISIS
Flex'o'stem elastomer bike bits

I wish I could say those stupid bags that go inside your frame but they appear to have made a come back

....rollamajig and that thing for keeping the mud out of the cassette....

I used to like a riser bar with a brace across it too.....

Flexstems.

Badass, a mate of mine had a knockoff one with loads more travel, made riding an interesting experience.

Triples.

Also, Danny McAskill posted a picture of a yellow DCD the other day, that gave me flashbacks to my beloved 1996 GT Tequesta.

that thing for keeping the mud out of the cassette

The Crud Claw!

I had one of those. Not convinced it was any use at all.

girvin flex stem

DCD.

Brahma bars

ISIS

They're terrorising the trails, dude.

I really, [i]really[/i] miss bar ends. They were great on smooth climbs. But boy, they look so awful on riser bars...

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got some powergrips somewhere...

Elastomer forks. Deore DX. White Onza Porcupines. Power Grips. Aztec brake pads.

Dual control
Rapid rise

[quote=CaptainFlashheart ]DCD.

someone reinvented that last year. cant remember who now.

and what was that gizmo that attached a spring to the bottom of your rear mech called?

Panaracer Fire XC

Panaracer Fire XC

Smoke & Dart

The Crud Claw!

I had one of those. Not convinced it was any use at all.

It acted as another brake, when it filled with small stones and completely jammed the cassette up. There's one in North Wales somewhere, around CyB, thrown by my mate when it jammed for the umpteenth time. I don't condone littering, but that stupid thing had no place anywhere near a bike.

Hite Rite. Now there was a thing. Utterly useless unless your seatpost was a size too small.

There was a rear mech tensioner thing, a steel arm that stuck out of the back of the mech with a long spring attached to the bottom of the cage. Of course, that could never get caught in foliage etc and get ripped off. Oh no. 😆

I really, really miss bar ends. They were great on smooth climbs. But boy, they look so awful on riser bars...

Probably would not use if I had massively wide bars

Front mech? *hides*

Shimano Parallax Hubs - the hubs that would never die still got one on an old bike that just gets grease and new ball bearings every so often.

Torsion bars that attached to v-brake bosses and the wheel dropouts to add a disc mount to frames that didn't have them.

TransX stems that were barely machined from a block of aluminium.

One thing that made me smile this weekend was someones tip for a shoe box lid slotted behind the cassette so you GT85 didn't get on the discs. Used to get a handy plastic disc that kept cassette crud off rotors, until people started calling them dork discs and removing them.

Rapid rise

Fred Salmon purple anodised bars 200mm wide!!. Brake booster that went between canti bosses to stop the forks or frame flexing when you braked.

AlexSimon - Member
Rapid rise
sniff

Agreed.

Genesis geometry ... Ok not a component...

Answer Pro-Taper Bars, there was a time when these were the alternative to Eastons if you were in any way 'gnarr'. No one ran anything else!

Another 'not a component'
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The Woolly Hat Shop. [/u]

Needed a part the other day, google, sort by price lowest first, and there they are! Remember the days when they were the first place I'd look for cheap shimano parts (and A2Z bits IIRC too)

Shimano Parallax Hubs - the hubs that would never die still got one on an old bike that just gets grease and new ball bearings every so often.

All 'parallax' denoted was a beefier hub shell (I assume it refered to the shell being parallel to the axle, rather than a parabola like old hubs) to cope with suspension forks. Same (great) bearings as the current hubs.

Also not quite a component, but...

[url= http://www.skepticink.com/gps/2014/01/26/if-it-seems-too-easy-it-probably-is-an-inquiry-into-the-placebo-magic-of-power-bands/ ]Power Balance bands[/url]

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gripshift

allan23 - Member
Torsion bars that attached to v-brake bosses and the wheel dropouts to add a disc mount to frames that didn't have them.

Still have one of these on my 2000 s-works which MrsMomo now uses

and what was that gizmo that attached a spring to the bottom of your rear mech called?

Bullet brothers chain tensioner!

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old-school clutch alternative, although it was also brilliant at collecting foliage as well 😉

I've got Dart's on the front of 3 of my bikes, they did a run of them a few years ago and I snapped some up. 😉

V- Brake boosters

I think some folks are referring to the bullet brothers chain tensioner.

Onza pedals
Top line cranks
Cooks bros cranks
Bullseye cranks

Paul's rear mech
Mavic headset

Why did I start this thread, I'm now considering one of [url= https://sta-fast.com/mountain-bike-stem/products ]THESE[/url]

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Help! 😆

AlexSimon - Member
Rapid rise
sniff

I am on my last 9sp RR mech. Hoping to just leap to 11sp Deore when it arrives....

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I've got a new unused silver Answer Hyperlite bars still in the box, in my garage somewere.

Jolly Green Giant - Member
Panaracer Fire XC

I took a barely worn set off my SS a few months ago. They had been on for some time and hardly any wear. The desernible lack of grip may have had something to do with their longevity.

I have three Fire XC's in the shed - two yellow, one red... 😕

All 'parallax' denoted was a beefier hub shell (I assume it refered to the shell being parallel to the axle, rather than a parabola like old hubs) to cope with suspension forks. Same (great) bearings as the current hubs.

Never knew that, that's my thing that I've learnt today 🙂

Brake Therapy bars... To cure 'brake jack'. Those were the days.

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Rapid rise was the best idea that didn't take hold IMHO. It just worked so much better smooth changes as things got steeper and you were putting effort in, why did they give it up...

Elastomer forks seem to make more sense than heavy coils for budget gear.

Biopace rings but they are having another go at those I think.

ChunkyMTB - Member
Genesis geometry ... Ok not a component...

Does G2 geometry count? If so, my one and only MTB - a 26" Fisher - means I mention it all the time. 🙂

Rapid rise was the best idea that didn't take hold IMHO. It just worked so much better smooth changes as things got steeper and you were putting effort in, why did they give it up...

Can you imagine 11 or 12 speed Rapid Rise? *wibble*

*edit* - It was given up as it was tied to the mad 'dual control' brake lever shifting idea they had for a while
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V- Brake boosters

i had a pair of the shimano xtr carbon ones...i ended up selling them back to my LBS for more than i actually paid for them because they had a customer who was depserate for a pair and was willing to pay silly money for them...

Massive DH saddles.

Like this one. Only on DH Bikes.
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Break-away rear mech bolts - lovely anodised trick looking things to save your mech and hanger.

Friction thumbies. Before dx thumbies changed the world.

It was given up as it was tied to the mad 'dual control' brake lever shifting idea they had for a while

It was nice, but I think it solved a problem for clunky 8s drivechains that the smaller gaps in 10s don't have, if you forced a 8 or 9s chain it would snap, I can't remember the last 10s chain I snapped and it shifts down much quicker even under pressure.

Shimano Alfine was the last bastion of Rapid Rise. The new one is now Top Normal 🙁

Shock boots

Got some Judy XC forks in the shed that still have the boots on. Springs are completely gone on them, as soon as you sit on the bike they sag almost the full 63mm of travel.

Not been able to bring myself to chuck them out yet.

Can you still get headsets with grease ports? Had a WTB Greaseguard that ran for years.

gripshift

Oi! Still happily running Gripshift on the posh bike here. The cheapo BSO ones are rubbish, yep, but then so are cheapo BSO triggers. The XX1 gripshift are smashing, I was glad of mine at the Dyfi, they're especially good in really crap conditions. 9-speed X0 gripshift was indestructible, still got a set somewhere. Light too.

Love Rapid rise - have 2x XT ones in the shed (and RR alfine)

Missus also loves them as she just has to remember to use her thumb to go up gears on both sides of the handlebars.

Speaking of massive seats

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I've recently fitted barends onto my Cotic for a long distance ride I'm doing in a few weeks, and just about to (as soon as the shim arrives) install my Thudbuster on it as well.

The Reverb is usually fine on it but I'm going to be be sitting down a lot more on this journey so thought I'd go for something my back will approve of.

anyone still using magura rim brakes?

It was given up as it was tied to the mad 'dual control' brake lever shifting idea

It was nice, but I think it solved a problem for clunky 8s drivechains that the smaller gaps in 10s don't have

middleburn RS7 cranks. wwwhhhoooo!!

Zzyzx forks were all the rage with the club I used to ride with. Until they discovered the sealing was non existant.

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Bombers.

Square taper cranks.

Another vote for grippies. No idea why I changed from them.

All four of my bikes have rapid rise mechs *, yet another reason to run them into the ground

Apart from the tandem, which causes no end of gear change errors

also using rapid rise here! bought a bike with rapid rise and got used to it. do like it 🙂

is dual control what my xtr shifters have? they allow the thumb to push the trigger usually reserved for the index to change up AND down?

Square taper cranks.

Good to see so many Rapid Rise fans.

For me it went directly from XT 3x9 rapid rise (without silly flappy paddle brake levers) to 1x11 SRAM.

All the ones in-between didn't really add anything imo. Never saw much advantage to 2x or 10sp.

Tioga Farmer Johns.

Chunkier the better

jamesg55 - Member
middleburn RS7 cranks. wwwhhhoooo!!

I still use them, same bike I have just fitted the ThudBuster to...

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I have a set of those Shimano LX RR levers that mat outandabout posted a pic of up there ^^ I think i have the rear mech and maybe the front too. I remember them being very well suited to the Titec j bars.

sachs wavey shifters...inherently shite

anyone remember the club roost go fast riser bars? or any other riser bar that also needed a brace across it to stop it flexing?

i used to love using nokian tyres...

is dual control what my xtr shifters have? they allow the thumb to push the trigger usually reserved for the index to change up AND down?

My understanding is the dual control was a single lever you pulled to brake and you could push down or up THE SAME LEVER to change gears.

I had a go at ~2004 SSMM on a S-works epic with it on...

Cable donuts

Anti chain suck plate

My understanding is the dual control was a single lever you pulled to brake and you could push down or up THE SAME LEVER to change gears.

mines the "XTR M970 9 Speed Rapidfire".. looks like what i was trying to describe is what they call "two way shifting"

i used to have the DMR chain guides of old...
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i had all 3 different ones....and they were all rubbish

sachs wavey shifters...inherently shite

Bear trap pedals *shudders*

Bear trap pedals *shudders*

Still got some on one bike

Bear trap pedals *shudders*
Still got some on one bike

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Derailleur guard 8)

Sharks fins, the only piece of XT on my old Raleigh.

Hite Rite. Now there was a thing. Utterly useless unless your seatpost was a size too small.

I had one but was (and still am) too light to make it work.