Thread: dork disc -- yay or nay?
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Old 05-30-07, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
, why bother removing it?
Because the plastic ones turn brittle fairly quickly and start to break away on their own
Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
provides some protection against an admittedly rare chance of overshifting,
Don't kid yourself, the plastic breaks far too easily to provide any real measure of protection
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So what does it hurt, other than one's OCP sensibilities?
Other than providing a false sense of security to the Fred's of the world, they usually break off on the side of the road or worse out on the trail adding even more ugly garbage
Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge

I say, defy convention. Rock the dork disc.
Unless you're rocking an old school chrome special from back in the day (in which case more power to you) lose the dork disc, and learn to adjust your dérailleur.
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