I gather that no one here likes "Dork Disks" My old bike does not have one (must not have been invented yet). Does the dork disk have any sort of function or is it just a silly doo dad? I'm asking in case my new bike-on layaway has one (I don't think it does but I'm not completely sure).

https://2006.lemondbikes.com/2006_bik...s_womens.shtml

Well looks like it doesn't have a dork disk. How come some bikes have 'em and some don't?

don't go by catalog shots. it'll have one.

It is designed to prevent the chain from damaging the spokes of the rear wheel, if it was to get forced beyond the largest cog on the cassette. However, if the rear deerailleur is properly adjusted, this should never happen to begin with.

Wouldn't that be false advertising?

if you rear deraillur gets pushed into the rear wheel in a crash, you more likely have other things to worry about...

Thus, the name.

I took mine off, and then put it back on again when the chain went in between the cog and the spokes and locked my rear wheel going up a hill. Damaged the spokes and all...

This was after my Trek official dealer serviced my bike... needless to say I re-adjusted the RD and put the dork disk back on... I don't really give a rat's a$$ what other people think... it doesn't matter when I fly past them.

Thats true- but I recently saw a situation where a dork disk saved a wheel. I was riding with a friend and he took a right turn too hard on gravel and fell. his "properly adjusted" derailleur was knocked out of adjustment without him knowing. He got up and started riding, began downshifting to climb a hill, and the chain shifted off the cassette onto the disk. Without it, the chain would have gotten jammed between the cassette and the spokes.

Some people say helmets look dorky so don't wear them either.

+1

Yup. The classic Fred's Revenge.

As you zip past them you say to yourself "FRED THIS"!! And then you just smile.

My bike came with the largest dork disc I've ever seen in my life; any larger and it would be an aero wheel. I asked the LBS where I bought the bike to remove it, and they refused. Gave me a bunch of prudent reasons, all of which I was forced to acknowledge...because admit it, the only reason for *not* having a dork disc is because they look dorky.

So I just took a silver Sharpie marker and wrote "DORK DISC" in big letters on the dork disc, and now it's a badge of honor!


(Actually, my biggest concern is that all dork discs eventually break...while you're riding. Having had to ride around for several miles with a broken dork disc on at least two separate occasions, I'd perfer not to have to suffer through that again, so I'll probably still remove it preemptively. Time to buy a chain whip...)

You could write "fred this" around the edge.

Ah jeez, just stay out of your 25 cog and you don't need to worry about it.

i'm going to paint mine green to match my bike

I didn't see any reflectors in the website photo, either... but it will come with those as well.

My wife's bike has the dork disk. The disk is broken and makes noise. Ugh.

Some of the old bikes had metal dork disks. Even more geeky, but probably more reliable.

The trend lately seems to be REALLY HUGE dork disks. I have no idea why.

Worry about riding your bike. Not about what some elitist A-holes think you should or shouldn't have on it because it doesn't fit into their vision of what a 'true' bicyclist is. A lot of those people don't put many miles on their bikes, they just like to brag about how much better they 'are.'

My mentallity when riding is like in golf, I'm my only competition.

Jack

Well if it's a safety issue I'm keepin' it!!! However, I think I will contact my local University Art Department and see if I can customize the dork disc- Or perhaps I should just do it myself? It could be decorated like a miniature pizza or a birthday cake or.....

Good idea- you could start a designer dork disk craze

Why? Because you got a small plastic disk on your bike when the picture doesn't show one?

Just remove it if you don't like it. I've had them on bikes in the past but eventually they get brittle and crack and you have to remove them anyway.

itz a marketing opportunity!
be the 1st to come up with a kinda 'spoky' chrome one that spins, even when you stop.

Then you can sell it alongside $100 stems

Perhaps to deal with the 34t cassette cogs?

I'm pretty sure my bike came with the biggest dork disk on the face of this earth. The ladies love it.