[Closed] Which discontinued products do you miss?

[i]Odi Tomac grips - the mushroom pattern ones. Light, grippy, comfy - why don't they make them any more?[/i]

Oh [url= http://www.billys.co.uk/english/group.php?prod=hgod-attack ][u]yes[/u][/url] they do, i have them on all three of my bikes, best grips ever made imo.

Not discontinued.... just can't get it down south: Young's chinese curry sauce mix!!!
The original smooth surfaced Ringo's
Hedgehog crisps
Walkers beef and onion crisps (steak and onion is not the same)
KP salt n vinegar nutsters

scampi niknaks
sainsburys spicy parsnip soup
flite alpes (with the cut-away sides) - I bought 3 when I finally found them - fortunately they weren't as dear as the latest flites are!

My wifes nice figure seems to have been discontinued. Oh, and Golden cup bars.

XT chainsets for under £100.

Texan bars are sold under the name Pixie Caramel over here in NZ,
I miss LoaferSport 99s anyone remeber them? like a punk rock version of the more all round indie kid Chuck taylor All Star.
yes I am a bit of a shoe fetishist.

um-bongo
jolly ranchers
decent steel konas.....

And what the hell has happened to x-lite?

Raleigh Aero Pro Burner

2mm brake cables
Scott Matthauser brake pads
Mavic headsets (wish they'd made threadless headsets)
Pauls internal cam seat QR, totally mud proof
Onza stainless buzzsaw granny and middle rings.
Quality cup and cone bottom brackets
Morning Star freehub buddy
Hope 5 bold hubs and discs (much prettier than IS 6 bolt)

etnies lo-cut 2 in navy and white. Best looking, most comfortable trainers evar

Endura Mighty Mitts. Yes I know they still make a product bearing that name, but they're a poor imitation of the ones they used to do. I'm particularly fussy with mitts, and thought I'd finally found some that worked for me - grrrrrr!

Continental Cross-Country 1.8s - the only tyre you ever need. Except that you can't get them any more.

X-lite locking cam skewers.

Mavic 121s
high-end 7 speed groupsets

- qranc gloves especially the dh shorty (i think thats what it was called)
- avid rollamagig
- hutchinson octopus tyres
- 80's hot hatches

gw we have loads of 121 ceramics at sjs brand new;

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/src/froogle/product-Mavic-Mavic-121-SUP-26-Inch--559-ATB-Alloy-Rim-with-Ceramic-Sidewall-765.htm

Curry Twiglets...

and the Pamir Engineering Hypercracker (I got mine thieved out of the back of the car with the rest of the tool kit a few years ago...)

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Ta Rob - Ta, just not really VFM at that price (it would be if i was still on XTR Vs with ceramic pads) 8)

I second Conti XC and Etnie LoCut 2 in red and white, killed mine and couldn't find them again!!!

I been buying conti tyre since in the hope they've made them into something else! Explorers are the closest yet.

chrism, apologies, they were 1.9s. So, I'm not upset about the lack of Continental Cross Country 1.8s, but I really miss Continental Cross Country 1.9s. Better?

Oh, and thanks for that link, Gordymac.

Cheers for the links to the flite saddles.

£79.99! I winced at paying £45 for one kicking around my LBS last year, I'm pretty chuffed now 🙂

Axo Pony boots - The original purple and green

"Axo Pony boots - The original purple and green "

Whoa, FLASHBACK! they were good boots though, I had the first Nike Poohbars (SP)

This thread is turning into a checklist of my house contents 🙂

Continental Cross Country - still using 26x1.5 in the winter
Answer Flatfoots - still wearing mine from 1996
X-Lite Camlock - still got a front one, but bent the removable lever
Hypercracker - been using one up until I got a Hope ProII rear hub as it does not fit.
Flite Ti's - been using them since they first came out, preferably all black with no stictched logos. Currently Trans-Alpes on Rigid and CycloX

I'm feeling a lot older than my 32 years of actual living

I had two pairs of pony boots and then one pair of the mark two. I think my next shoes were 'naguba' (not sure of spelling)

To avoid hi-jacking the thread into a shoe fettish I also miss my Fir Impes rims. Rock solid

Yes, I have a FIR Impes rim snowflake spoked onto a purple Hope superlight hub hanging on my wall!!

I call it art, others don't

I had Nike Poobahs and think I tried Poobah II's but gave up getting them warrantied as the tread kept falling off the soles.

Pacers: the chewy mint with the juice inside.
splicer bars: rolled up Opal fruits in a bar.

and decent cycling shoes with a proper wooden midsole and a leather insole, none of this compressed cardboard shite, or spin bond synthetic.

Panracer duster v

White Onza Porcupine, just so that I can pull skids and leave white lines everywhere.

And the Flite, had a grey one, don't know what happened to it, they've gone up in price too, obviously, still remember I saved up and bought it in 1995 it was £55.

Ritchey SS tyres
UN72

The silver foil that they used to wrap kit-kats in. The new stuff is completly useless for making small animals from

'Cinnamon toast crunch' from Nesle - cinnamon Grahams are over cooked and don't have the delicious melt in the mouthness of the mighty crunch. I last saw them some years ago up north a while after i saw them down south - i stocked up but scoffed them all within the week.

IRC Mud Mads.

Nothing better.

Hite-Rite? check
ODI Tomacs? check
Avid Rollamajig? check
Flites? check check check

who said mud mads ? got a set in the shed used about ...twice !

I'll take'em! Ormondroyd at gmail dot com

And Rollmajigs! Gad, yes! I don't know why anyone *didn't* use them. Brilliant. My Indy Fab still proudly wears one.

Actually, do Avid still make SD5 levers? They're long gone from CRC. Brilliant things. Anything lighter (and more expensive) was too flexy. SD5s feel just right and I'm pretty sure they'll never get sloppy. My "must have" parts list starts with them (pulling Avid mechanicals of course)

Checks for play in SD5's. Plenty. Both levers have been bent in crashes, but they still work fine. Not as sloppy as Magura levers get mind.

And Rollmajigs! Gad, yes!

Awesome bits of kit indeed. Got one on my Maverick to help with the front mech cable routing (it's a bit complex), but if I could find any more I'd snap em up to go on the back of 2 of my bikes still running old skool XTR rear mechs as the Rollamajig really helps reduce friction in the rear mech cable run.

Kodak HIE Infra-red film. *sobs and runs off to bed*

chrism, apologies, they were 1.9s.

spangles, and those sausage rolls that came in a tin- you had to unroll them, put them on a tray and into the oven..yummy in the '70s.
Still got a pair of white porcupines-mat unleash them at the classic weekender!

Another vote for the idea of the hite-rite. In reality mine simply worked as a crude suspension seatpost as I wasn't heavy enough to push the saddle down just by sitting on it. 20 years later and I weigh the same so if someone wants to start making them again can they please do one for the lighter rider.

+1 cinnamon toast crunch. I want some!

Second RETRO83's post, those Etnies were the best, here's a link to some reduced ones, think their legit?

http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Etnies-Lo-Cut-2-W-Black-White-Grey/3537569/product.html?cid=133635

Sram Rocket 9spd grip shift.

I want a Hite-Rite too. Surely someone can make them again??
I don't want to pay and can't afford one of those new fancy hydraulic post thingies but a hite-rite would be perfect.
Please someone make them again...