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View Poll Results: Do You Have a Dork Disk or Not? (Go with FAVORITE Bike)
Yes-I believe in them
16
21.92%
No. It broke and fell off-good riddance
3
4.11%
No. Bike didn't come with one-thankfully
17
23.29%
Heck NO-I removed it
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50.68%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

A Dorky Question/Poll

Old 06-09-23, 02:24 AM
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Some of my bikes have spoke protectors and some of them don't. And I too like pizza, but I don't think one would be a good spoke protector.
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Old 06-09-23, 06:15 AM
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I keep the SunTour aluminum ones that look nice, but remove the plastic ones that tend to yellow


...even with brand quality like Sachs-Huret is was yellowed and had to go



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Old 06-09-23, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I too like pizza, but I don't think one would be a good spoke protector.
...pie plates work great up front

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Old 06-09-23, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Deal4Fuji
I keep the SunTour aluminum ones that look nice, but remove the plastic ones that tend to yellow

Oooh…clean! I wish my vintage sled looked like that! Am I feeling inspired? I was going to wash and get a coat of ceramic coating on the car today, but maybe getting the ol’ Motobecane spiffed up just took priority! Thanks!
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I've removed mine. Sometimes within minutes of getting a new bike home, sometimes after a few years and the thing is loose. Having said that, just last weekend, for the first time ever, I threw a chain between the spokes and large cog on my MTB. Still not sure what happened, may have back pedaled at the wrong moment in an awkward situation.

Damn that chain was jammed in there. It took several minutes to get it out and I had some doubts I could even do it. Bike wouldn't roll, so I had thoughts of carrying the bike several miles. Not sure what the dork disk would have done differently. Maybe the chain wouldn't have come off at all, maybe the disk would have just been something else jammed in there making it even harder to pull the chain free, or maybe everything jammed up, but the disk would have made it easier to pull the chain out. I'll never know.
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Old 06-09-23, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by KerryIrons
Yeah, except I have two engineering degrees and a business degree. But if it makes you feel better, have at it.
Your humility is an inspiration to us all.

But seriously, thanks for your work on the USBRS, and in running Cyclo-Pedia long ago where a certain struggling racer/tourist was able to find affordable parts.
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Old 06-09-23, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
I like pizza.
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t.
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I voted for the last option "heck no" even though the removal was part of my wheel upgrade. Maybe a wheel upgrade should be a separate option?
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Old 06-21-23, 09:40 PM
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My favorite doesn't have one but I bought it used so it could have been removed.
2 of my 6 bikes have them. If they don't look ugly or aren't broken I'll normally just leave them alone
The one on my Trek isn't overly large and the Raleigh just seems right for the bike.
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An older pic of the Grand Prix before cleaning/lube.
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Old 06-21-23, 10:45 PM
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A Dork Disk is like Linus Van Pelt's security blanket, it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that there is a prophylactic protecting my spokes and derailleur from mating even though prophylactics are known to break.....
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Old 06-21-23, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I think you meant “life”, as the person you quoted is the only person who misspelled the word.
He didn't mis-spell a word he used the plural of "life", "lives" more than one. There is life in general, and there is your life. If you're talking about more than one life, it's lives.
Pedantic nonsense done.
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Old 06-21-23, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by KerryIrons
Yeah, except I have two engineering degrees and a business degree.
So, ya want a cookie?
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