Poor design thread

[Psyrax]

Not so much a problem now, thank goodness for brake tech evolving, but backpedal brake on one of my childhood bikes. How many times I had to jump off or drive(crash) into something just to stop when flying down a steep tar road when the chain comes off.

[Grease_Monkey]

And whoever decided that new bicycles must have the front brake lever on the left side of handle bar.... #completidjit

Agreed. Keep it consistent with moto where right lever is front brake. Been setting my bikes up moto because I rode moto x in high school and didn't wanna see my ass because the right lever doesn't do the same thing on both the bike and moto.

[intern]

poor design = being left handed

 

bad jokes aside, my wife and her brother are left handed too.

My older lightie is left handed. I've resigned myself to having to buy left handed cricket bats, tennis and squash racquets, bicycles, scooters, cutlery and stationery. 

[intern]

from a design perspective, this is actually one of the better ones around. Most other companies have followed in their footsteps, and while it's true that the OS and functionality has lagged in recent iterations (decidedly NON Steve Jobs-esque) it's an iconic and brilliant design. 

fanboy

[Stretch]

My older lightie is left handed. I've resigned myself to having to buy left handed cricket bats, tennis and squash racquets, bicycles, scooters, cutlery and stationery.

I see what you did there

[Boerklong]

My older lightie is left handed. I've resigned myself to having to buy left handed cricket bats, tennis and squash racquets, bicycles, scooters, cutlery and stationery.

Its like going to the hardware store for nails and they only have nails for "right side" walls

[Grebel]

Wait until he gets older. It is very difficult to find left hand spanners and screw drivers and don't get me started on the price of left hand power tools.......

My older lightie is left handed. I've resigned myself to having to buy left handed cricket bats, tennis and squash racquets, bicycles, scooters, cutlery and stationery.

[SwissVan]

I’ve still got a working set of those on my old Specz S Works.

 

I also liked them once getting used to them, inclined to class them as one of those good designs that did not take off

 

Not much different to road bike STI levers which are pretty popular.....

[SwissVan]

The brake levers were also your shift lever.Grabbed a handful of brakes when i was shifting to my granny gear and went flying over the bars.

Hairy was right

Users.....

[Sepia]

I’ve still got a working set of those on my old Specz S Works.

 

I also liked them once getting used to them, inclined to class them as one of those good designs that did not take off

 

Not much different to road bike STI levers which are pretty popular.....

 

Fantastic pieces of kit.

Wish I could find some more in 9sp.  My favorites by far!

[Sepia]

At least they look much better.

At 6K they had better be better.  Wish I could afford this.

[Gnarly]

Not so much a problem now, thank goodness for brake tech evolving, but backpedal brake on one of my childhood bikes. How many times I had to jump off or drive(crash) into something just to stop when flying down a steep tar road when the chain comes off.

 

Hit my old mans work bench at the end of the garage after a long and frighting downhill driveway.

 

Think it caught me head high. 

[SwissVan]

Fantastic pieces of kit.

Wish I could find some more in 9sp. My favorites by far!

And what’s more..... they satisfy the modern riders need for a less cluttered handle bar ( no trigger shifters) while retaining multiple chain rings options

They were way ahead of their times

[BaGearA]

anything with a seat angle less than 75 degrees, or when the actual seat angle makes the seat disappear over the rear axle when you extend the dropper

 

35mm handlebar standard

 

fork crowns

fork crowns ?

[Traveler]

Previous generation of Magura MT Brakes.... making the backing plate of the bladder/reservoir for the levers as part of the clamp. The first time you tighten them more than 0.5Nm, the started to leak.  

[Long Wheel Base]

Haha good comeback

However being one of those ex mx / motorsickle laatjies i can assure you the right foot and left hand cooperate 100 % and without hesitation in this regard.

 

For some reason the same cannot be said for the right and left hands, therefore the logical conclusion is that right front is correct.

 

 

My BIL is one of those okes. He is 42 and still has stripped mx stuff at my inlaws place. He rides VERY seldom and has done this swop. My niece is 5 and her little tinkerbell bike has the brakes swopped around. His wife who rides even less says she wont ride because he has dobne the same to her bike and its not what she is used to(but tbh she just uses it as an excuse not to ride).