Let's hear it for stuff that just gets on with it. Perhaps not flashy perhaps even not designed with cycling in mind but you use anyway. Mine are clothes

Endura MT500 Lycra
Sidi Dominators
Troy Lee XC full finger gloves

Magura brakes – they all seem to just 'get on with working'.
steel frames

ring pulls

SPDs
Torx bits and screws
Cassette lockrings
Topeak Mountain Morph

Things that dont work as well as they ought too:
Chainring bolts
Saddle rail clamps

Thule 591
topeak joe blow
Specialized Hot Rock kids bikes

Cheap shimano spd's
ODI ruffians
Thomson seat posts

Rohloff hubs. Silly expensive, look dull as ditchwater, but keep on working forever.

crud catcher

[list][*]ODI Lockons[/*]
[*]Hayes 9 brakes (if you wash them after winter rides[/*]
[*]+1 on Thompson seat posts, I used to break lots of seat posts, I havent bought a new one in about 2 years[/*]
[*]Hope Pro2 hubs[/*][/list]

>Rohloff hubs. Silly expensive, look dull as ditchwater, but keep on working forever.

SFB to the forum please….

Time Atacs

Hope Pro2 hubs

You having a laff? The bearings are crap, the freehubs get damaged and the pawl springs break! XCs are more reliable, they only snap axles.

+1 for Magura brakes though.

And Mavic 717s

IME (YMMV):
Formula Oro K18 brakes
Hope XC hubs
Gore Rideon cables – love 'em.

Torx bits and screws?????

Clearly you've never tried taking apart an old Sierra rear axle.

+1 richmars

Another one: UST tyres.

RockShox Pike forks
SRAM rear mechs
superstar sintered pads

Hope Pro2 hubs

You having a laff? The bearings are crap, the freehubs get damaged and the pawl springs break! XCs are more reliable, they only snap axles.

Funnily enough my pawl springs broke last weekend and the freehub is knackered.

Things that work – SLX front mech (double) been flawless so far.

+2 for Magura.

Ahh

SRAM X-Gen front mechs

You can't get them anymore, I paid £5 for my last one about 3 years ago. It' seen thousands of miles of usage in all weathers and there is simply no play in it AT ALL. They are ugly, heavy and built like a tank!

Another vote here for Thompson seatposts

Also Stans Notubes Solution – just ride along blissfully unaware of the thorns in the tyres

Gobi saddles – I don't notice it which I guess makes it perfect

BMX's. Had no hassle at all with mine yet in comparison to the endless shit I always have to deal with on my mtb!

Thomson seatposts.
DMR Trailstar frames!

520 pedals.

Time Atacs +1
Hope Hoops

If it doesn't say Shimano on it it's Shite.

Based on weekly riding through all weathers over the last 10 odd years

Hope Bulb hubs
Mavic Rims
XT shifters
Thomson Posts
XTR rear mechs
UN series BB's especially the 72.
520 pedals.

SPDs, Flite saddles, steel frames, Assos clothing and XO kit

I guess another +1 for Thomson posts (but not stems)
another +1 for UN BB72 (and 105 cup+cone ca 1989 – mine's still going strong!)
Conti tubes (sod's law, I'll have my 1st flat in >1000km tomorrow).
Superstar sintered pads (again >1000km. maybe I need to brake more?)

Hope Pro2? yer having a laff right? (Really wanted to buy these, and buy British, but only cracked hubs and stuffed pawls/springs I've seen are Pro2's.)

Happy days. Got a steel frame in the bike racks in the basement and a package from Merlin on my desk with a new Thomson seatpost in it!

Based on the things on my 11 year old bike that I haven't needed to replace, I'm going to add Suntour XC Pro thumbshifters and LX front mechs

Also: UN72 Bottom Brackets. I only took it out because of some wierdo shimano spider that I meant I had to get a new chainset just because the middle ring was worn. still spins slick and smooth, definitely staying in the toolbox!

and Race Face XY seatposts. I'm only replacing it because I want to try life with layback.

UST tyres on UST rims.
(Conti tyres and XT rims in my case). Seat and inflate with a hand pump.

Nobby Nic USTs on Flow rims
Hope headsets

+another for thomson seat posts..

+1 for UN71 bb's.. have one on my 12 year old Merlin frame that's seen all sorts of abuse and still going well

ODI lock-on grips

Endura humvee shorts

Ground Effect Flash Gordon jackets

Have to say my Hollywood bike rack for the back of the car. It was bought in 1997 and has done a ridiculous amount of service with no problems (touch wood!).

Kev

Dialled alberts
Snap on/MAC tools
king headsets
Bmx
Fox DH shorts
TLD gloves
Motul suspension fluid
Fox Vanillas (RIP for 2011 🙁 )
UST Fat alberts

HS33s.
Cheap shimano spuds.
Chains, of all makes and types.

Power Links

I think we can all agree on Thomson seatposts.

Chris King headsets. I know they are bling and expensive but they also deliver (unlike some other bling and expensive kit).

Fire XC Pro tyres (as long as 2.1 is wide enough for the purpose).

Salsa Quick Releases

A lot of people in my group swear by Charge Spoon saddles.

Good old fashioned handbuilt wheels with Wheelsmith spokes.

Avid BB7's

Charge Spoon saddle
M520 SPD pedals (the bearings go on and on, how do they do it?)
Maxxis tyres
Shimano mechanical disk brakes

Shimano Deore XT Thumbshifters.
Time ATACS.
WTB Velociraptors.

My Halfords socket set