[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.