Modern bike features that've spoiled old bikes for you..

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Gunk

Guru
Location
Oxford
Work of devils and made of cheese

I disagree, 2x10 speed Dura Ace is like a Rolex watch, later stuff is not so good
 

lostinthought

Well-Known Member
Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

With rim brakes, it's unheard of, as long as your condition of "done it up properly" is held to.

Disc brakes- certainly theoretically possible and I vaguely remember dramatic accounts of wheels falling out when discs first became popular, especially around suspension forks which could create curious situations where QR's could unwind. I assumed this is why thru-axles took over, to solve the wheel-ejection problem?
 

tyred

Squire
Location
Ireland
Chain drive and gearing ruined the cycling experience for me. I could see over the hedges on my penny farthing.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Has anyone here actually had their QR tightened wheel come loose, when they have done it up properly?

With rim brakes, it's unheard of, as long as your condition of "done it up properly" is held to.

But did you actually witness it first hand?

Absolutely not! :smile: Nor any definitive accounts
I was told by an experienced audax rider that her rear wheel kept pulling over on hard efforts on climbs on one ride. Neither she nor her equally experienced companions could stop it happening!

The problem turned out to be that she was using ultralight titanium QR skewers. The problem was solved by switching back to standard (heavier, but much less stretchy) Shimano QRs.
 

Fredo76

Über Member
Location
Española, NM
Nothing that I can think of. I can retro-fit what I like of the new parts. I'm pretty tolerant of the old quirks and performance, have the gearing I need thanks to triple cranks, have clipless and brifters on two bikes. Clem has a nine-speed cassette, but I wouldn't say that it has 'spoiled' me.

But, SMP saddles with great big holes in them have spoiled me forever, I'm afraid. Not going back in that department.
 

Punkawallah

Über Member
I disagree, 2x10 speed Dura Ace is like a Rolex watch, later stuff is not so good

Similarly for the Shimano SIS. Beloved of ‘weight weenies’ and ‘bike nouveau’? No. But it will take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. Unlike some of their more ‘femme’ offerings.
 
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