Your most disappointing bike related purchase, what was it?
- Thread starter HardtailHack
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oh shit you're right haha good memory.
those dudes had the wheels shuttering so hard in corners i'm surprised none of them just folded right over. it was kinda cool, but still totally meh at the same time...
- Race face carbon cranks.
- YT complete bike, talk about piling shitty components onto a complete bike.
- YT complete bike, talk about piling shitty components onto a complete bike.
Ten years ago crank brothers candy pedals. cleats had barely any wear on them and there was so much float that I could barely put any power down and my shoes would pop out on moderate bumps. replaced them with low cost shimano SPD's - More weight but much better performance.
Burgtec Penthouse Mk3 pedals have to be up there for me.
Why would you not put a taper on the leading edge of something that is likely to hit rocks? They'd turn what would normally be a light glance in to a more scary experience.
The poor machining on the spindle and body stupid shape saw me snap the only spindle I have ever snapped, couldn't bring myself to buy a replacement because I hated them so much.
Why would you not put a taper on the leading edge of something that is likely to hit rocks? They'd turn what would normally be a light glance in to a more scary experience.
The poor machining on the spindle and body stupid shape saw me snap the only spindle I have ever snapped, couldn't bring myself to buy a replacement because I hated them so much.
Haha. Is it that bad? I’ve been curious about what is in those every month. I feel like it’s mostly stickers and chain lube.
Its a rip off, Chinese versions of everything and mostly useless after a couple uses. Things like chain brush, bike wash, horrible lube. Then there are the gloves/shirts/jerseys, I doubt I have had any of their gear last more than 3 washings. Every multi tool I got was destroyed after a single use. Just a waste of money.
That's why I buy it one off when its something worthwhile. There was one with a digital shock pump that was good, and another with some tifosi sunglasses that have been good as well.
I suppose it would be good for the clueless newb but far cry from stuff I would buy personally
A lot of it is stuff that would basically just duplicates/redundant to stuff I already have.
Yeah, exactly why I haven't subscribed. I'd really like to, but meh.
I guess my subscription to Mountain Bike UK gives me enough redundant swag, no need for Vital's.
It reminds me of the "it costs a lot to be poor" story. If you have to replace your cheap crap often, it's actually less expensive to buy high quality stuff first.
Been doing this sport since '93 with various intensity and desciplines, but what really stuck in me for being bad were:
1. RS Reverb. True punishment that product.
2. dual Control shifter brake lever combo was also a night mare
3. Sun Ringle had a SingleTrck that was supposed to be tubeless via a rubber band running along the spokes on the inside. Never managed to make it work, at the end I truly wanted to burn them!
Later I bought a mavic 823 UST rim, never looked back.
There are others worhty to mention such as Specialized Magnesium pedals, which lost their pins faster than my boy his baby teeth.
Original Grip Shift (before Sram) which never worked when wet, and especially when your hands got muddy or wet too.
Tioga tires with that block pattern, cant recall its name, but I rmemeber for not having luck with those.
It's night and day how much better the products perform these days, and it appears that if they suck it comes down to the lack of Quality contorl/assurance or if a given brand just incapable to manufacture propery (tolernaces and whatnot).
1. RS Reverb. True punishment that product.
2. dual Control shifter brake lever combo was also a night mare
3. Sun Ringle had a SingleTrck that was supposed to be tubeless via a rubber band running along the spokes on the inside. Never managed to make it work, at the end I truly wanted to burn them!
Later I bought a mavic 823 UST rim, never looked back.There are others worhty to mention such as Specialized Magnesium pedals, which lost their pins faster than my boy his baby teeth.
Original Grip Shift (before Sram) which never worked when wet, and especially when your hands got muddy or wet too.
Tioga tires with that block pattern, cant recall its name, but I rmemeber for not having luck with those.
It's night and day how much better the products perform these days, and it appears that if they suck it comes down to the lack of Quality contorl/assurance or if a given brand just incapable to manufacture propery (tolernaces and whatnot).
Not one thing in that box is something I would buy myself, I gave it a shake for nearly a year and was hoping to be surprised but it never happened, got more and more disappointed with each edition.
I don't know how they are now, and I ain't aimin' to find out, but I had the misfortune for a bike to show up with Schwable Slippery Steves or whatever they were called, and I would fall down any time the trail turned. I thought I had an inner ear infection. Swapped them for some trusty Maxxis Minions and my inner ear problem went away.
considering how much I ride, my 100% gloves should not have failed so soon. I stitched them up and kept going, but meh
Trickstuff Brakes, impossible to get a proper bleed. Fidgety to install, setup and maintain. I‘d rather ride my old Saints again.
I loved the later XT iteration on my winter bikes. I wish a 10/11sp conversion of the shifter was available.
Nah, I still have a set of Saints. The Trickstuff were kind of a hand-me-down.The first owner didn‘t like them, nor did I.
German Engineering at it‘s finest. A solution looking for a problem.
But so light.
Marzo AM SL1. Went through 4 of them then they got sick of me and sent me a 55. Went i got my second one of those I sold it for like $100 brand new and bought a 36
I was so excited to have XTR trail brakes on my SB66C…. They looked so good, and worked so well… until they didn’t. I wasted months for the privilege of having “the best brakes around”.
My stupid Oneup stem was another good one. That preload system that required 2 Allen keys at the same time to properly load and lock was an ironic design flaw for those carrying only the EDC. I’m sure there was a way to do it, but the cheese grade tool and Micro threads in the stem were hardly “just crashed and need to straighten my bars trail side”-friendly. 1/10 would not bang. the chain tool is a waste of time as well (maybe they’ve fixed it since)
The oval cross section bar is neat, until you want to mount your light on the bar…
My stupid Oneup stem was another good one. That preload system that required 2 Allen keys at the same time to properly load and lock was an ironic design flaw for those carrying only the EDC. I’m sure there was a way to do it, but the cheese grade tool and Micro threads in the stem were hardly “just crashed and need to straighten my bars trail side”-friendly. 1/10 would not bang. the chain tool is a waste of time as well (maybe they’ve fixed it since)
The oval cross section bar is neat, until you want to mount your light on the bar…
nah, haulin ass through the woods safely on dependable equipment is rad
those are life memories
fuck the money, that's what it was there for
.....on that note: is crankbrothers still in existence?
Note the guy says "Trickstuff brake" rather than naming the model, possibly bought used Piccola XC brakes
If it's the DRT / MXM then I'd definitely say user error, 5th year of ownership here with < 5 bleeds.
Bleed system is pretty standard (dual-syringe) and works great.