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What's your opinion on dork discs? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This one is always divisive. Some people think they're ugly and useless, others think they're good to keep on to protect your spokes in the worst case scenario.

I just got back from the garage from cutting mine off (and unfortunately it wasn't a low quality/thin one so it took forever). I'm not against them per se but after about 1200km of riding, I noticed that it started to rattle and it was annoying me.

What do you guys/gals/pals think of them?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On my folding bike, I kept them on because "they serve a purpose", but then realized that they were not allowing my wheels to turn freely no matter how they were adjusted.

Once I removed them, my wheels now spin forever. LOL

If they weren't causing trouble, I would have just left them on.

Edit: Ignore that I'm making it sound like there are two dork disks on my bike... it was on one wheel (rear) and only there was only one! LOL