Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
Cuz this is cool...
This happened to me a couple months back due to my own error. I rotated the shifter all the way down on my Varsity to mess with the bar tape then walked away. Came back later for a ride and the long cage suntour derailleur I had on there was immediately sucked into the spokes and destroyed. Clearly operator error. Some spoke protectors I leave, some I take off. It depends on things such as looks and function. I've found some make extra noise and/or friction, so those ones go.