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MastrBrewr
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 Posted: 09/22/04 - 10:11 Post subject: Bike part question
That little plastic disc that sits between the cassette & spokes on my rear wheel broke a couple of tabs and has come loose. Now it just spins around a bunch and is generally annoying.
What does that thing do? Is it there is keep debris from getting caught in the cassette? Can I just take the d@mn thing off?
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TriBob
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 10:22 Post subject:
Ba-bye. Take it off.
It is supposed to stop the chain from going into the spokes.
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 10:23 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | | It is supposed to stop the chain from going into the spokes. |
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 12:17 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | Ba-bye. Take it off.
It is supposed to stop the chain from going into the spokes. |
My LBS dude said the same thing
Everytime I have taken my bike to the LBS, he has replaced mine.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 14:22 Post subject:
It's not important, but if your chain would happen to go into the spokes... it'd thrash it pretty good.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 15:07 Post subject:
It's called a dork disc. Remove it promptly. It's the bicycling equivalent of a pocket protector.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 15:15 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | It's called a dork disc. Remove it promptly. It's the bicycling equivalent of a pocket protector. |
I thought the reflectors were....
(they have already been removed, BTW)
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 15:40 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: | [..]
I thought the reflectors were....
(they have already been removed, BTW) |
It really needs to come off?
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 09/24/04 - 14:51 Post subject:
Said part has been removed. 
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/24/04 - 19:54 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: |
I thought the reflectors were....
(they have already been removed, BTW) |
I still have my reflectors and dork disc on my bike 
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