Dork Disk?
06-10-11, 10:05 AM
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Yours needs to stay on.
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06-10-11, 10:07 AM
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A disk designed to prevent the chain from getting entangled into the rear spokes and destroying your ride. There is no need to remove it if you don't feel like doing so. It is a matter of aesthetics and peer pressure.
If your RD is adjusted properly, you can prevent the chain from going into your spokes.
If your RD is adjusted properly, you can prevent the chain from going into your spokes.
06-10-11, 10:30 AM
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Ouch...sorry to hear about that.
Yeah, the design does not alway perform as expected
Yeah, the design does not alway perform as expected
06-10-11, 10:57 AM
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If it's the plastic type, the easiest way is to just burn it off. Everything near it is metal, so it's ok.
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As tagaporject stated, it's to keep the chain and derailleur out of the spokes.
Unless you're confident in your ability to properly adjust a derailleur, you want to leave it on.
I'll admit that my post was a bit sarcastic, but it sounds like you might not be to the place where you want to go without the disk just yet.
Unless you're confident in your ability to properly adjust a derailleur, you want to leave it on.
I'll admit that my post was a bit sarcastic, but it sounds like you might not be to the place where you want to go without the disk just yet.
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06-10-11, 10:58 AM
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The mechanical knowledge, and tools, to remove it without destroying it, is one test as to whether you can go without it.
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06-10-11, 10:59 AM
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Keep hub clean and prevent a miss-adjusted RD from catching on a spoke and getting torn off ...and to proclaim to the world you are a FRED.
So why isn't it a FRED disk?
So why isn't it a FRED disk?
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Not as much fun though.
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As tagaporject stated, it's to keep the chain and derailleur out of the spokes.
Unless you're confident in your ability to properly adjust a derailleur, you want to leave it on.
I'll admit that my post was a bit sarcastic, but it sounds like you might not be to the place where you want to go without the disk just yet.
Unless you're confident in your ability to properly adjust a derailleur, you want to leave it on.
I'll admit that my post was a bit sarcastic, but it sounds like you might not be to the place where you want to go without the disk just yet.
You're right, though. My LBS makes adjustments for me. Mine will likely stay on.
What do I care... I get enough grief over my kickstand and bell.
06-10-11, 11:12 AM
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Meh....who cares.....on my roadbike which I built myself, I obviously don't have one. On my MTB which I bought off the rack, I do. It was on there when I bought the bike and I never cared to take it off. It's up to you really. Although I will admit, they probably look pretty ugly on a roadie. On an MTB, you have a giant cassette anyway and my MTB is always filthy so it blends in.
At a race this past week, a buddy was telling me that during a previous race his disk cracked and got caught in the spokes causing a clusterfu*k.....made me want to remove it....i might get some clippers and clip/pull it off.....or stop being lazy and remove the cassette lol.
just do what you want to do OP, don't worry about what everyone else is doing
At a race this past week, a buddy was telling me that during a previous race his disk cracked and got caught in the spokes causing a clusterfu*k.....made me want to remove it....i might get some clippers and clip/pull it off.....or stop being lazy and remove the cassette lol.
just do what you want to do OP, don't worry about what everyone else is doing
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Already happened .... Where do you think I got the idea ?
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06-10-11, 11:33 AM
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Has coddling tendencies.
