Dumbest mt bike/bike inventions evar?

**rideit** · 12-09-2010, 09:36 AM

What you got?

**mrryde** · 12-09-2010, 09:42 AM

Bio-Pace

**dumpy** · 12-09-2010, 09:50 AM

I also remember a fork like contraption one could buy, but then you supplied your own shock absorbing material.

The shock absorber this device was designed for? Bungee cords

I wish I could remember the name so I could find an image, this thing was ridiculous.

**monkeywrenchMoose** · 12-09-2010, 09:52 AM

Trek 69er

**dutch1** · 12-09-2010, 09:57 AM

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3924898.html

bicycle hub cap.

**toast2266** · 12-09-2010, 09:59 AM

Lizard Skins shock / fork protectors. Actually, most Lizard Skins products were dumb. Like their headset protector that was pretty much a sponge, and just ensured that your headset stayed wet all the time.

The Halson Inversion Fork.

Any auto-shifting bike. Landriders come to mind, but there are others.

This thing:

**mrryde** · 12-09-2010, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by dumpy

I also remember a fork like contraption one could buy, but then you supplied your own shock absorbing material.

The shock absorber this device was designed for? Bungee cords

I wish I could remember the name so I could find an image, this thing was ridiculous.

reminds me of this:

**mntlion** · 12-09-2010, 11:43 AM

10 speed for mnt bike. I like the 36T rear, but do you really need 10 gears, over 9, when the high and low are still the same?

**yonskion** · 12-09-2010, 11:48 AM

U-Brake mounted under the chainstay

**mrryde** · 12-09-2010, 11:51 AM

maybe not the dumbest idea ever, but pretty fucking expensive

**TheMessenger** · 12-09-2010, 12:00 PM

**El Chupacabra** · 12-09-2010, 12:07 PM

^^^ Thumbshifters, OTOH, are my favorite shifter of all time. I wish Shimano would bring them back, and in 9-speed.

**rideit** · 12-09-2010, 01:12 PM

Chup, you can buy Paul's, or make your own:
http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/in.../t-238478.html

http://www.downcycles.com/store/paul...ers-p-242.html

(but I am sure you know this)

**frorider** · 12-09-2010, 01:22 PM

i think he was referring to the massive bar ends.

**Eluder** · 12-09-2010, 01:23 PM

unless you enjoy it taking 3 days to overhaul your pivots.

**rideit** · 12-09-2010, 01:27 PM

Believe it or not, THIS is the start of many, many bike designs being ridden today:

(VPP Outland)

**mrryde** · 12-09-2010, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by rludes025

unless you enjoy it taking 3 days to overhaul your pivots.

That's fucking retarded

**dumpy** · 12-09-2010, 01:49 PM

I love bar ends and still use them all the time, so "bike fashion" weenies can eat a bag of dicks, you know you loved them at one time!

**Eluder** · 12-09-2010, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by dumpy

I love bar ends and still use them all the time, so "bike fashion" weenies can eat a bag of dicks, you know you loved them at one time!

There great if you only ride wide open hills, or rails to trail. Hook one on a sapling going 25 mph and you change your mind real quick.

**toast2266** · 12-09-2010, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

Believe it or not, THIS is the start of many, many bike designs being ridden today:

(VPP Outland)

A buddy of mine had one of those (albeit without that shitty fork). It actually rode alright, at least until the front end snapped.

**dumpy** · 12-09-2010, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by rludes025

There great if you only ride wide open hills, or rails to trail. Hook one on a sapling going 25 mph and you change your mind real quick.

Thats the weakest fucking cop out ever, I always laugh at that one. Granted there aren't a lot of saplings where I ride, but it's tight single track defined by actual trees (unlike you Westerners who define singletrack by where the grass has been worn down) and yeah I've gotten caught on branches a few times, but only a few times in many years and never with disastrous results.

What happens when you crack your hand with a sapling at 25Mph? Aren't the results equally crappy?

**ill-advised strategy** · 12-09-2010, 02:20 PM

haha I'm riding a commuter with biopace and the retarded chainstay u-brake every day.

fucking bad ideas

**dumpy** · 12-09-2010, 02:22 PM

What was the idea behind having the brakes on the chain stay?

**rideit** · 12-09-2010, 02:25 PM

Mechanical advantage. That being said, a LOT of this development was designed in California, where mud wasn't usually an issue. They worked pretty well in dry climes, and definitely had more power than the standard cantilevers of the day.