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[Closed] Following on from the most over-rated bike thread...

mboy · 2010-10-04T20:40:20Z

What's your most over-rated bike component? I've tried a good number of bits in the past that have all proposed to be the best thing since sliced bread, and many have ended up the way of ebay very quickly! I'm going to start the ball rolling with (dare I say it!) Hope brakes... Every set I've owned or tried have either been a total faff to setup, worked poorly, squealed like pigs, had very rattly levers, leaked, had sharp edges on the lever blades so are horrid to use, looked too showy etc etc... I could go on! Now I love Hope hubs, simple reliability at a good price, but never ever come across one of their brakes I've liked yet, and I've tried most of them at one point! And conversely, I've never had a problem with a set of Shimano brakes (hence probably why I run them all the time). So what component is it for you that you just didn't get all the hype about?

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iain1775

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'cos it's a bike, not a fighter jet

yeah but its fun to pretend
go on admit it, down that singletrack through the trees
Who hasnt

Posted : 05/10/2010 8:19 pm

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