Bad Idea...Good Idea
06-01-11 | 06:21 PM
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Bad Idea...Good Idea
I am not sure if this has been done before, but even if so maybe it's worth repeating.
What cycling-related product did you initially think was a really BAD idea but upon further reflection (or just trying it) did you think after all, it's a really GOOD idea/product??
My nominee: Podium Water Bottle (by Camelback). I initially figured, what's wrong with good old fashioned water bottles?? But I finally relented and got one a few months ago and I really like the no-leak valve. The bottle itself is just a bottle but the valve is really a good idea and works amazingly well. No more wearing my drink!
Runner-up: Shimano Di-2 - not that I have tried it yet, but from my reading it sounds like a pretty good product (although maybe it's just a solution in search of a problem).
Second runner up - This thread.
Feel free to add your own Bad Idea/Good Idea nominee.
What cycling-related product did you initially think was a really BAD idea but upon further reflection (or just trying it) did you think after all, it's a really GOOD idea/product??
My nominee: Podium Water Bottle (by Camelback). I initially figured, what's wrong with good old fashioned water bottles?? But I finally relented and got one a few months ago and I really like the no-leak valve. The bottle itself is just a bottle but the valve is really a good idea and works amazingly well. No more wearing my drink!
Runner-up: Shimano Di-2 - not that I have tried it yet, but from my reading it sounds like a pretty good product (although maybe it's just a solution in search of a problem).
Second runner up - This thread.
Feel free to add your own Bad Idea/Good Idea nominee.
06-01-11 | 10:04 PM
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Spinacci clip-ons
CO2
Quick link chain links
Full zip jerseys
Bib shorts
CO2
Quick link chain links
Full zip jerseys
Bib shorts
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06-02-11 | 10:03 AM
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Bibs. Swore I would never wear those dorky things...until I got a pair. My wife still thinks they are rediculous looking (which they are), but I refuse to wear shorts anymore.
06-02-11 | 03:08 PM
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From: Roanoke
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06-02-11 | 04:13 PM
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Sorry, English is not my first language...I'm hard to comprehend sometimes.
06-02-11 | 04:20 PM
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Pro cycling clothing.
I always thought it looked ridiculous and was only intended for aerodynamics.
It was only after I got myself some that I realised on the first ride that the body temperature and sweat regulating ability of it was just wonderfull.
I always thought it looked ridiculous and was only intended for aerodynamics.
It was only after I got myself some that I realised on the first ride that the body temperature and sweat regulating ability of it was just wonderfull.
06-02-11 | 04:35 PM
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Clean Bottle
https://cleanbottle.com/
Brilliantly simple. Used to like the Camelback Podium until an ecosystem sprung up in the bite valve and found out how hard it is to clean.
J.
https://cleanbottle.com/
Brilliantly simple. Used to like the Camelback Podium until an ecosystem sprung up in the bite valve and found out how hard it is to clean.
J.
06-02-11 | 06:23 PM
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SO important for women, that's if one is wearing bibs.
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
Ode to the nap
The evil, evil nap
It lures
you succumb
But only with good intent
Shortly I will rise
But you do not.
Do not succumb
To the evil, evil nap
06-02-11 | 07:13 PM
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Clean Bottle
https://cleanbottle.com/
Brilliantly simple. Used to like the Camelback Podium until an ecosystem sprung up in the bite valve and found out how hard it is to clean.
J.
https://cleanbottle.com/
Brilliantly simple. Used to like the Camelback Podium until an ecosystem sprung up in the bite valve and found out how hard it is to clean.
J.
06-02-11 | 07:29 PM
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From: Brooklyn, NY
Bikes: 2018 Lynskey R380 Ti | 2011 Hampsten Travelissimo Gran Paradiso Ti | 2001 De Rosa Neo Primato - Batik Del Monte, Genius | 1991 Eddy Merckx - Motorola, TSX
Specialized Purist water bottle (nothing can grow in these). Seemed like an overpriced water bottle (as they all are). Now that I've used it, it's still overpriced, but works better than the Camelback Podium.
Compact Crank. Didn't get it, now I do.
Compact Crank. Didn't get it, now I do.