How To Remove Dork Disc

• #1

Traditionally, I've always removed the rear wheel spoke protector on my bikes to reduce the dork factor (can't practice much well-nigh the rider though). Simply with my new bike, beginning ane I've had with a 1x drivetrain and honking 50t low gear (yep, I've been in the forepart derailleur dark ages for too long) I'grand non sure. I haven't overshifted in the first five rides on information technology, and the angle of the 50t to the forepart ring doesn't seem to lend itself to over shifting (unlike a 36t X 22 front ring, which would take a straighter concatenation line) then I think it'd be ok. Any advice appreciated. Wheel is a 2022 Expedition Fuel EX. Thanks

• #2

Probably never need information technology, but good luck getting the chain out of there on the trail if it does overshift.

I don't take whatsoever on my bikes, just I am painfully aware of the state of the shifting/if I lay the bike down/hitting anything...that is when bad things happen.

• #3

They tin save your wheel if your derailleur takes a hit. I have cut them down below the largest cog so they yet foreclose the chain from wedging downwards deep. The ones that adhere to the spokes might survive one unexpected utilize.

I but replaced 8 drive spokes on a used bike set up, and I routinely cheque my derailleur adjustment and limit screws.

• #four

have that thing off. in that location is a reason why derailleurs take a stop on the loftier and low side. you should be able to mash on the shifter in the lowest gear and not "over-shift". The spiral volition end it from moving too far.

• #5

It's like air numberless don't mess up and you won't need it 🙂
Just if you practice utilize it it will still suck

Pearl

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• #eight

They make dork discs for a 50T??

Are you certain information technology's non an aero disc bike cover for triathalons?

• #9

Aye. I've had over shift on my other bikes from time to time but I figured information technology's easier to practise on a 3x or 2x since when it happens it'southward usually in the granny ring, which is generally along a straight-ish concatenation line with the largest rear cog, and therefore piddling lateral tension on the chain. In contrast, with a 1X the chainring is essentially similar a middle ring and therefore when in the 50T cog the chain is bent, therein creating lateral tension (concatenation wants to straighten out, the direction of which is down the cog set, not upwards information technology). I figured this tension would make overshifting in a 1x 50t setup less likely than a standard granny x 36t. I estimate the bottom line question is, for those who are running 1x 50t setups, how often if at all have you experienced overshift?

• #10

Yep. I've had over shift on my other bikes from time to fourth dimension merely I figured information technology's easier to do on a 3x or 2x since when it happens it'southward commonly in the granny ring, which is generally along a straight-ish chain line with the largest rear cog, and therefore petty lateral tension on the chain. In contrast, with a 1X the chainring is essentially like a middle ring and therefore when in the 50T cog the chain is aptitude, therein creating lateral tension (chain wants to straighten out, the direction of which is downwardly the cog set, not up it). I figured this tension would make overshifting in a 1x 50t setup less likely than a standard granny x 36t. I guess the lesser line question is, for those who are running 1x 50t setups, how often if at all have you experienced overshift?

Assuming proper setup, only if the derailleur hanger/derailleur itself is damaged. Both are cases where the rider should say to themselves, "I hitting something difficult, and my shifting isn't working correct. I ought to bank check and make sure that I can safely shift to the largest/smallest sprockets." At to the lowest degree half of the bikes I lay hands on take a bent derailleur hanger, and the just thing saving the derailleur is that the person never shifts it, anyway.

In brusque, simple words, if the derailleur's limit screws are gear up correctly, information technology is user error.

I should point out, that nether extenuating circumstances, Di2 derailleurs can actually send the concatenation over either end of the cassette, since proper setup allows the derailleur to motion ~0.5mm by the normal resting point of the concatenation (the derailleur momentarily over shifts the largest/smallest sprocket to consummate the shift as resolutely as possible. You lot can see it yourself!). Y'all would pretty much have to be shifting the derailleur into the smallest/largest cassette sprocket at the same time that yous hitting a good enough bump to cause the derailleur to bounce

• #11

This is true,assuming y'all ride trails with no rocks or sticks and your derailleur hanger stays perfectly straight.

Just like all the "trails" we ride in north jersey. Not a single rock. My derailleur doesn't have a scratch on it.

Sarcasm aside, I have e'er accept the dork disc off. When I was just starting out mountain biking, I took a cheap plastic one off by cutting it with a pair of cheap scissors. Both the dork disc and the scissors broke.

• #12

i have no dork disk on any of my bikes (both mount bikes are eagle). . . .

• #13

Sarcasm bated, I have ever take the dork disc off. When I was just starting out mountain biking, I took a inexpensive plastic one off by cut information technology with a pair of inexpensive scissors. Both the dork disc and the scissors broke.

I did the same affair back then merely I used diagonal cutters and a utility pocketknife. Pretty sure I cutting my finger open doing it...

• #14

I used to drive mechanics crazy by insisting that they remain. Eventually, manufacturers stopped providing them. Removal seemed to me to have been be based on bro boys' focus on mode rather than part.

• #16

I'd rather exist a "dork" climbing my bike upwardly a hill than a "hip" dude on the side of the trail trying to pull the chain out from betwixt the spokes and the cassette. If your bike already has it then only keep it on. Remove information technology only if and when it starts to break up or information technology gets loose. Some people care too much about "paradigm" than function. FYI, one of the guys I ride with that didn't take a disc had chain suck so bad that we had to break the chain upwardly into pieces just and then he can at least coast and push his wheel back to the lot while we kept riding. There's absolutely goose egg nosotros could have done for him since the merely fashion to free that chain was to remove the cassette and who rides around with a cassette removal tool, a ratchet for that tool, and a chain whip in their pack? He was lucky one of us had a chain tool and then we could break up the concatenation or else he would take to carry his bike out.

Last edited: Sep viii, 2022

Pearl

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

• #17

do they take dork discs for singlespeed bikes?

• #18

practise they have dork discs for singlespeed bikes?

I would put one on simply to piss off the haters.

• #20

I want to flip the table on this one...none of my wheel sets came with a dork disc, should I install information technology on each one of them and if so where do I purchase some?

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