Crappiest bit of Cycling Tat You've ever wasted your money on?

[got-to-get-fit]

Not exactly bought but given.........

When i bought my Bianchi i got a box of reflectors along with it. Not one of the reflectors could be fitted to my bike with the fixings provided.

 

[MichaelM]

Specialized Defrosters -utter shoot. Waterproof, but a warm winter boot they are not.

Endura MT 500 baggy shorts - ripped at the seem after a few months (and not much use). Replaced under warranty, but added to the two sets of Humvees that ripped I don't really have the confidence to use them again.

 

[HLaB]

Not exactly bought but given.........

When i bought my Bianchi i got a box of reflectors along with it. Not one of the reflectors could be fitted to my bike with the fixings provided.

I got a similar box with my Bianchi the rear clipped on to the seat rails Ok if I didn't have a saddle bag (Topeak mini Wedge). I never tried the other reflectors.

 

[snorri]

Biemme neoprene overshoes, useless.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Cannondale winter gloves. Nice and warm, and reasonably waterproof, but the drawstrings at the wrists lasted all of, oooh, five minutes.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Pro Race sunglasses with interchangeable lenses. Ordered from ProBikeKit, who were fast and had good Customer Service.

At first change of lens, frame snapped. Sent back thinking faulty. Got a replacement FOC, changed lenses and snapped again. Binned.

 

[goo_mason]

Pro Race sunglasses with interchangeable lenses. Ordered from ProBikeKit, who were fast and had good Customer Service.

At first change of lens, frame snapped. Sent back thinking faulty. Got a replacement FOC, changed lenses and snapped again. Binned.

Leg snapped of my first pair of ProBikeKit sunglasses last night when I got home. Mind you, I've been wearing them on every commute since August 2006 and they were only £12 - plastic does get a bit brittle with age, so it's no disgrace that they died. They've lasted longer than every other pair of non-cycling sunglasses I've ever bought (and some of those weren't cheap !)

Worst pair of cycling sunglasses ? The £3 Lidl pair I bought last year - but only because I fished them out this morning and found that there was only 1 clear lens in the pouch !! Thankfully the yellow lenses were OK, though they were slightly too big and bowed out a bit....

 

[alecstilleyedye]

bought some team carrera overshoes (match a training jacket i have) from ebay, but they don't fit over my shoes, despite being the right size, supposedly.

 

[walker]

gill water proof jacket, not long enough in the arms. wet wrists

 

[yenrod]

I bought some oakley copies for pretty cheap - the lens (clear/yellow/mirror) good BUT the frame really soft plastic...

If anyone knows where i can get a frame get in touch...as Ive still got the lens...which I could put to use !

 

[yenrod]

£5 "track pump" from Wilkinsons. It doesn't get past 35psi before the valve blows off.

I got one of these too...

Im searching for another variant over a period of time...part of my seek value at a good price idealogy even if it does make me tight'arse