What are your 3 biggest cycle related purchase regrets?

[I like Skol]

1. A hi- viz fleece from Screwfix. Thought it would be just the thing for the commute on cold dry days. Had to buy a huge size to get one with arms that were long enough and then take in the sides to make it fit. Soon realised how unsuitable it was and also chose not to wear hi-viz either
2. A cheap cycle helmet. I don't wear a helmet except for if necessary when taking part in some organised events. It really grates that I have had to comply with wearing one or be excluded from the event! It lives in a dusty cupboard for 99.99999999999999999% of the time.
3. Struggling for a 3rd, might have to think some more and come back to it.

 

[postman]

Leg warmers,keep riding down.
Computer ,this one was reduced-a bargain.I should have Googled reviews-crap magnetic contact.It never worked.It went into the bin.
One Dare2b thermal middle layer jacket.It was a bargain,only trouble was i got one that was far too big.It would have cost more to return.

 

[alicat]

Cone spanners and other tools that just encouraged me to do fettling that I didn't have the skill for at the time
Saddles that don't suit my posterior
Under saddle bags that are too small
Cheap clothing that doesn't fit and doesn't do the job

It's Christmas so I am treating myself to four items!

 

[broady]

Pumps that weren't fit for anything other than taking up room in z draw.
Cheap clothing (although without it I might never have brought the more expensive stuff and maybe not got into cycling).
The bargain bin bits that have never been used

 

[Blue Hills]

1) Un-padded winter tights.

What's to stop you wearing a pad/liner underneath? I always use unpadded tights.

 

[Blue Hills]

I suppose in that sense it served a purpose.

yep, sometimes life's like that. Some bad experiences/encounters with crap/deranged people can actually, in retrospect, be very positive experiences.

 

[PaulSecteur]

I tend to research my prospective purchases so i dont have many regrets.

I also buy a lot of Specialized stuff... so i dont have many regrets.

 

[Tin Pot]

A BSO God awful pile of shite hybrid from halfords. Weighs a ton and I hated/hate it.

I was thinking of listing my Trax TFS.1 but honestly, I'm still laughing nearly four years later so it wasn't £79.99 so badly spent.

 

[welsh dragon]

 

[Tin Pot]

1. Dhb bib shorts in light blue.

It's not the £10 I paid for them that gets me, it's that I'd pay someone £20 to take them away.

2. Castelli Storica Long Sleeve Jersey

It's a £60 piece of crap that was meant to be the star of my wardrobe.

3. Continental Ultra

To make gatorskins so puncture proof they had to suck the life force out of other tyres and put it into the gators. Ultras are the lifeless husk left behind.

 

[Lonestar]

Spandex.

 

[paul_1979]

A BSO God awful pile of shite hybrid from halfords. Weighs a ton and I hated/hate it.

A turbo trainer. Waste of money, and boring as hell

With you on the turbo trainer. Biggest waste ever

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Not getting one of those cycle chain cleaners earlier - mine is ace

Not getting a turbo earlier - watch the footy and cycle at the same time, what`s not to like?

Mini-pumps that work in the house but not when you need them on the road

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Not getting one of those cycle chain cleaners earlier - mine is ace

Not getting a turbo earlier - watch the footy and cycle at the same time, what`s not to like?

Mini-pumps that work in the house but not when you need them on the road

Sorry but using a turbo isn't cycling, it's just getting exercise. Cycling is getting outside and actually going somewhere.

 

[NorthernDave]

Schwalbe Marathon tyres for the hybrid - terrible things, lasted a fortnight before being replaced with something that didn't feel like cycling through treacle and that had some grip in the wet.

A Bike Hut mini pump from Halfords that was virtually useless and almost left me stranded.

Not my purchase, but not talking Mrs ND out of buying an Apollo Elyse. She liked the look of it in the shop but I had my doubts that it would be a pile of sh*te from the outset, which it was. Ridden four times and consigned to the back of the shed.