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Old 10-08-13 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by wrk101
The stuff most of us remove:

Dork disks
Stem shifters
Kickstands
Wheel reflectors

To the average recreational rider, all of these provide benefits.
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Kickstands, yeah, OK, I guess I'll have to grant that. Dork disks, absolutely. Wheel reflectors, yup. Stem shifters, heck yeah. They work just fine, and they're easy to use. I even had them on a couple of beater bikes. They were great.
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