Ah the memory of the smell of AirBs. Very rubbery and latexy....Orange aluminium E4 frame rear mech hanger mount - about as sturdy as the foil that wraps cheese triangles and very poor design. Flexed when shifting gears (and eventually failed)
American classic seat post bolts - threaded cheese straws
Ritchey's original pro pedals (the golden ones) - looked fantastic but has cheese bearings that ate themselves after a couple of hard mashes
Air B inner tubes - about as puncture proof as mozarella. I mind they were covered in lots of talc and smelt good out of the box though.
So true. I don't know why they were so prone to snake bites.Ah the memory of the smell of AirBs. Very rubbery and latexy....
Ah the talc all over my hands. And the floor. And the cat.
Ah the sound of air rushing out of them after a snake bite on a rutted downhill.
Ah the memory of the huge splits in them - not so much punctures as outward explosions...rip rip rippety rip....
AirB and the search for extreme lightness.
Goodness we had light bikes
No wonder they broke.
And bent.
And let us down all the time.