Posts under ‘Dumbest Product of the Week’

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I have to say I was mildly irritated with Marcus this week when he took what could have been a perfectly good Dumbest Product of the Week away from me with the $27,000 “The World’s Most Advanced [...]

It’s hard to believe, but Dumbest Product of the Week has entered its 25th edition, our silver anniversary so to speak. We’ve enjoyed skewering silly products these last seven months, and despite the seeming implosion of our economy, they just keep coming.

I’d like to thank one of our vigilant readers for sending me this week’s [...]

The fashion industry has inspired us to pen more than one Dumbest Product of the Week. When fashion and cycling converge as they often do with clothing maker Rapha, we have pay dirt.
Some of you may recall Rapha’s $750 Tweed Softshell as our 16th edition Dumbest Product winner. This softshell may be OK for slumming [...]

Dumbest Product of the Week is taking a one week hiatus. I had a product selected for this week, but just not the time.
We’ll be back with more fun next week. In the meantime, check out our archive of previous Dumbest Products for some golden oldies.

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Are dumb products simply foolish entries in the marketplace or are they part of an more sinister plot? In the past I’ve had my doubts, but I’d like to think all these folks are well meaning if misdirected souls.

Thanks to Bike Hacks for alerting me to this week’s nominee for Dumbest Product of the Week, The [...]

The siren sound of carbon fiber is back this week, and unfortunately it is permeating the offices of Axiom. We singled out the components manufacturer last week for making a carbon fiber rack that is over six times the cost of the aluminum version while carrying only half as much and weighing more.

Axiom is back this week as our [...]

Carbon seems to do something to bicycle manufacturers’ brains. I don’t know if its off gassing or fiber weave induced hypnosis, but there is something about carbon that makes builders of perfectly good bikes and components do wacky things in the name of this aerospace material. Not that carbon does not have perfectly reasonable applications, [...]

Many of the products we critique in this weekly column serve little purpose or do not do a very good job of accomplishing what they set out to do. Others have less to do with how silly they are than what they say about our society and its priorities.

This week’s nominee is the LightLane, a concept [...]

It seems that dumb products fall into broad two categories: overpriced entries into an established market and creative attempts to address non-existent problems. The first, whether blindly following current trends, representing yourself as something you are not, or repackaging a mediocre product to cash-in on fame, all receive my highest contempt as modern day huskerism.
The [...]

It is a new year, and fortunately for the author (and unfortunately for you, the consumer), there are still dumb products being produced for our enjoyment. The economy is bad, but not that bad.
This weeks nominee, Cadel Evans’ Winners energy bar, surpasses previous nominee, Mike Ditka for shamelessly cashing in on minor celebrity. According to [...]