2025 is nearly over. Time to ditch the following things.

This will be wildly unpopular and I can't wait to feel the warmth of the downvotes.

In 2026 it's time to retire:

Rim brakes - they're a relic and every day a baby seal dies from having rim brakes on carbon wheels in the rain.

Tubes - These are a vintage source of deep misery. Stopping every other ride to change a tube because you ran over a small bump in the road is not a part of cycling anymore. Get some happy white goo in your rubber.

Black shoes - Only white shoes should be worn on road bikes. With white socks.

Carbon hate - It's just great. Comfort AND stiffness. That joyful feeling and that noise. There's nothing better. Hate of carbon is dead.

Bike Fit Skepticism - Seriously, being intimately matched to your bike is the best money you'll ever spend on cycling. All that pain you think is totally normal and making you stronger doesn't actually need to exist.

Bring on the downvotes 🙌

25 points Chazzwozzers

Oh man, which subreddit am I in.

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12 points Moof_the_cyclist

BCJ nutter has escaped the madhouse.

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7 points Chazzwozzers

Durianrider has been sniffing glue.

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-2 points milkbandit23

That's a normal day for him isn't it 🤣

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5 points GonzoK46

Somebodies looking for some reactions today 😂😂

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5 points 1009naturelover

Yes. Sometimes people do this with satire, but this just seems like read my thread.

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3 points GonzoK46

Agreed

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-1 points milkbandit23

Thanks for reading

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5 points NaturalOne_

Here you go.

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0 points milkbandit23

😍

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5 points macmillionare

So next year I need to sell my Allez Sprint for a Tarmac sl8 and buy white shoes?? Got it

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1 points milkbandit23

Yes

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3 points super_smooth_brain

My wife’s boyfriend put some white goo in some rubber.

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6 points ChilliBreath86

Okay, I'll take a bite on the ragebait... Agreed on all except the carbon and white shoes. But I use my bike outdoors - most cyclists havent experienced the effect of outdoor conditions on white shoes yet 😜

Also I predominantly ride MTB and only use the road bike for winter training so I just use my (non-white) MTB shoes year round. Cue cycling purists dying for the sole purpose of turning over in their graves.

Also, aero clothing (socks!?) can stay in 2025. And not running a little bell or other noisy trinket on your bike to warn other road users because of aero or weight. Please do the math and realise that it doesn't matter if you put a small bell on your handlebar if your obese torso comes next for the airstream... 🤭🤪

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1 points milkbandit23

Now why would I want to use a bell? I think the sudden spike in heart rate can only be healthy for the unsuspecting pedestrian

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2 points ChilliBreath86

Yeah, my policy is 'willingly ignore the bell and you win a free heart attack!' 😇

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3 points FreakyFranklinBill

100% ragebait lmao

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3 points Ok-Positive-6611

Congrats on the lowest effort, freezing cold rage bait takes on the planet

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2 points HumbleWolves2

I get that this is pure rage bait.

BUT YOU WILL TAKE MY RIM BRAKES FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS.

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2 points milkbandit23

Ok where do you live and what are your final wishes?

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1 points HumbleWolves2

Pacific Rim, and for you to start accepting rim-breaks into your life.

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1 points milkbandit23

That was almost a very cunning plan, until you misspelt a word.

Yes rim brakes, in some circumstances, can cause rims to break

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1 points MMinjin

Team black shoes + black socks here.

Aint nobody got time for dedicated cycling socks. Same Darn Tough daily socks I use for everything.

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1 points milkbandit23

This is a crime

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1 points notasabretooth

Agreed on everything except black shoes. I don’t want shoes that turn brown after one ride. Black is superior.

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1 points milkbandit23

Cleaning your shoes is a therapeutic way to spend your entire evening

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1 points TravelingBuilder

Have the tubeless, both bikes are carbon with discs, bike fitting is next month (I just started cycling on the road this year, about 6 months ago. I got a second bike and really want to get it fitted, might even do the first bike I bought. I do have black socks though and black shoes. Enjoy 2026 everyone!

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1 points JudgmentExpress9397

You typed all that out instead of going for a bike ride? Ok.

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2 points bogdanvs

Rim brakes are lightweight, easy to maintain/setup, and more than enough for a light rider. I ride disc but rim brakes still have their place. Can't wait for a pro to win a hilly TT with rim brakes and everybody collectively losing their minds, explaining us how you definitely need two bikes, one all aero and one lightweight KOM machine.

Tubes - are again way easier to install, and I feel like sometime I go for yrs without a flat. I ride tubeless, but mostly because of lower rolling resistance. Latex tubes kinda suck.

White shoes have to suck :)) Not even gonna try it.

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1 points milkbandit23

Please stay in 2025 and don't proceed to 2026

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1 points bogdanvs

can I go back to 2019?

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2 points milkbandit23

Sure

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0 points Buffalo_Theory

in 2026, let carbon be real. as real as the black soot that comes out of my diesel V8 exhaust. carbon is real people! as real as steel is an alloy (of carbon!).

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0 points HandyDandy76

1.Wrong 2.Wrong 3.Wrong 4.Wrong 5.Wrong

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