[Closed] Most useless bike product you can come up with?

Are these supposed to be real products or just the worst random nonsense you can imagine?

That curved ruler thing to help set fork sag....can't remember what it's called now.

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650B
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I reckon worst nonsense that could make it to market with enough waffle.

Anything made by RaceFace that has splines or bearings.

damn you thepurist. OK, I'll go with 29 inch wheels.

Left- handed hex key

IME

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Solar powered bike lights

[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fizik-thar-29er-mag-mtb-saddle/rp-prod113633 ]29er saddle[/url]

Left/Right biased tyres for better cornering depending on whether you're riding a clockwise/anti-clockwise lap.

dropper seatpost

dropper seatpost

Are you looking for a fight? 😆

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tune-ensures-perfect-bar-alignment-with-lasers/ ]handlebar alignment laser[/url]

^^^^ Seems pretty dam pointless to me

😈

handlebar alignment laser

^^^^ Seems pretty dam pointless to me

Yep but if I had one I'd use it 😳

Giant's stem nonstandard.

Going back a bit, the flexstem. Merely a bad idea until the elastomer wore, which happened pretty much instantly, at which point the true genius of putting a hinge between your bike and your bars became obvious.

I really don't understand the laser stem thing. Leaving aside the basic pointlessness, the only people who have any possible use for it, are people who're obsessed with bar straightness, right? But doing it by eye, by default you get it as accurate as you're able to see. So maybe it's not straight but you can't tell anyway because you thought it was straight when you fitted it.

Cat ears to reduce wind noise when cycling 🙄

http://www.cat-ears.com/

I'm with Frodo on that one. & flat pedals.

V brakes for a Lefty.

Front Mech.

gear indicators

The bike itself. No engine FFS, you have to pedal it yourself!

149.275mm rear hub.
19.6657mm dia, front axle
1.675" steerer tubes.
36.789mm dia bars.

Shall i go on? 😉

Anything that comes in a Crank Brothers box that isn't a multi tool.

Loco works for Giant.

A while ago I saw on here a little gizmo to hold your brake lever on so your bike could stay propped against your car better.

A little wigget with a spike that you press into the trail that reads out the ttt (trail tyre traction) number. You then go back to the car and look through your 'quiver' of tyres and find the pair with the ttt numbers printed on the side that when added together are closest to the trail's 'perfect resonance'.

Therefore negating the need for any further 'what tyres for...' threads, ever.

I want to nominate this:
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But last time I posted someone decided it was ace and bought one.

I didn't come up with it but K-edge did, there "Dirt ACS Chain Device". Great idea/design, pity it's falls apart (bends) the 1st time you need it.

15mm Axles, why? Who turned upto the shimano/Fox design meeting and said "I want 25% less stiffness"?

Anything made by RaceFace that has splines or bearings.

I quite like their cranks.

summer gloves

z1ppy - Member

I didn't come up with it but K-edge did, there "Dirt ACS Chain Device". Great idea/design, pity it's falls apart (bends) the 1st time you need it.

I made my own out of a blackspire stinger backplate and a bolt, it works a charm. The K in K-edge stands for Kraft Cheese Slice

thisisnotaspoon - Member

15mm Axles, why? Who turned upto the shimano/Fox design meeting and said "I want 25% less stiffness"?

Less stiff than that- so the axles usually ended up a fair bit heavier than a 20mm maxle, to compensate. And then most folks bought adaptable wheels so there was no weight saving or bearing advantage in the hubs either.

Less stiff than that- so the axles usually ended up a fair bit heavier than a 20mm maxle, to compensate. And then most folks bought adaptable wheels so there was no weight saving or bearing advantage in the hubs either.

Even if there was a weight saving, Shimano are the last people who are going to achieve it, is there a single 20mm hub on the market that weighs more than their 15mm hubs?

Fat Bikes...

thisisnotaspoon - Member

Even if there was a weight saving, Shimano are the last people who are going to achieve it, is there a single 20mm hub on the market that weighs more than their 15mm hubs?

I know some folks reckon the whole 15mm travesty is basically all about Shimano liking cup-and-cone, and 20mm being much more suited to cartridge. Seems ridiculous til you cast around for a better explanation.

Weird now to see Fox bringing 20mm back into the trailbike world with the new repurposed 36. Dicks.

Fake stick on mud

[url= http://www.siliconetidds.com/ ]Silicone Tidds![/url]

In the quest to save weight and maximise efficiency of your bike, why not shed unused bottle cage bolts and replace with Silicone Tidds. Tidds weigh 90% less than the unused steel bolts they replace & look super clean. Each lightweight Tidd comes in at 0.25g – so lighten up, grab a pair of Tidds.

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Weird now to see Fox bringing 20mm back into the trailbike world with the new repurposed 36. Dicks.

Fox did the sensible thing and made the lowers adaptable to both 20mm and 15mm bolt through, how long did it take the geniuses in the bike world to figure out that customers might appreciate that? Instead of trying to force new standards on us all the time. I like 20mm, I've got quite a few 20mm wheels. I'll buy the Fox 36 (seeing as it's getting good reviews) instead of the Pike simply because I cannot be arsed to change my hubs to 15mm.....and 20mm is compatible with all my old mans stuff....which is useful in case of emergencies.

The companies that make adjustable drop outs and geometry so you can run either 650b or 26 also get a nod of appreciation.

"A while ago I saw on here a little gizmo to hold your brake lever on so your bike could stay propped against your car better" - isn't that called an elastic band?

"Fake stick on mud" - or Le Mud as it was called in a mountain bike book donkey's years ago 🙂

summer gloves

Gloves full stop according to Mr Hora.....

I'll vote for15mm axles. It's just annoying that it's caught on....until Fox get bored of it / need to shift a few more units and reintroduce it as the newest thing to have whilst hoping people forget that they helped introduce 15mm axles.

Another handle bar diameter.

Marketing terms....XC, trail, enduro, freeride (original term used in the late nineties). It's all just riding about on bikes.

 

The Pro-Gard which was for BMXs chain during the 80s(it resembled a modern cable tidy tube but chain size). It didn't stay on, it twisted and got caught up the the rear hub. It was rubbish.

Tom_W1987 - Member

Fox did the sensible thing and made the lowers adaptable to both 20mm and 15mm bolt through, how long did it take the geniuses in the bike world to figure out that customers might appreciate that?

Considering it's their fault we're stuck with 15mm and 20mm in the first place, they get no credit for that from me.

This is quite possibly the stupidest idea ever!
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Suspension seat posts followed closely by dropper posts. Sorry but I just didn't buy into the whole dropper post thing maybe because the quality of the posts were pants. It seemed to take ages for them to iron out the slack and wear and tear probs, with the customers doing the bloody testing!

Hora?

Nitrogen inflator
http://www.portablenitrogen.com

Considering it's their fault we're stuck with 15mm and 20mm in the first place, they get no credit for that from me.

I thought it was the wheel manufacturers that pushed Fox into doing it, as they wanted to lose weight.

Anyhow, at least they made a sensible decision now.

Rapha

Mtb rear view mirror

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251565076908?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=t&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108

a bell... no one hears them round my neck of the woods as they are always "plugged in". I now shout DING DING!! it gets a far greater response 😀

[quote=stilltortoise ]Solar powered bike lights

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/cateye_el_020_hybrid_solar_rechargeable_front_bike_light-ID_21657

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Derailleurs.

I'll defend 15mm having suffered with flexi 20mm forks the overall package that makes the difference. 20mm is still up there in the gravity world. It makes little or no noticeable difference to my new forks.

Most useless MTB product? Either those things above for keeping your grips dry or forums/internet.

What was that clip type thing that a forum user came up with a few years ago? It basically held the front brake on to stop the bike rolling/falling when leant against a wall.....

What was that clip type thing that a forum user came up with a few years ago? It basically held the front brake on to stop the bike rolling/falling when leant against a wall.....

actually just read a thread where people debated helmet strap v old inner tube v Velcro for just this purpose when commuting on the train (helmet straps got nil pointe).....

personally I've already patented the 650B specific pump - avoids that embarrassing half pump motion at the end of inflation that you would experience if you used an old pump designed for 26"

Toptube mounted sweetie box. I need somewhere where sweets are easily accessible mid ride.

17.5mm axle...the tweener size for aggressive all mountain

thanks

tweener size™

Saw [url= ]this[/url] a few years ago thought at the time they wouldn`t catch on , never seen one since so guess I was right!!