Does it bother you? remove it. Do you care about the the style-police? remove it. Do you care about a few grams more (pffft, weight weenies… grow some legs)? remove it. Do you not care? leave it on.
It’s purpose is to prevent the chain from falling between spokes and cassette. (as a side effect, it may prevent lubricant to conatimate the brake rotor? No idea). Apparently it’s required that bikes sold in the US have that part installed. That never happened to me on any bike, I’ve been riding MTB and road for over 30 years.
hundegeraet on
Yes and nice bike. Aeroad cf slx 8 axs? I love the dark Grey. I can’t stop looking at mine 😀
tokyoeastside on
Yeah it really looks dorky. It makes a bike look like it came from walmart.
BidetToMouth on
Yes, but how do we remove it? Just by taking out the wheel?
JellyfishLow4457 on
Yesss
NotSafeForWalletXJ on
Once you’re absolutely sure the rear derailleur is properly tuned. And your chain will not fall off and destroy your spokes, then you can remove it.
It hurts nothing to keep it on, but just looks silly.
hellobritishcolumbia on
The dork disk! It’s just there due to gov regulations for bike sales. No need to keep it.
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Only keep it if you’re a certified dork.
Yes
Does it bother you? remove it. Do you care about the the style-police? remove it. Do you care about a few grams more (pffft, weight weenies… grow some legs)? remove it. Do you not care? leave it on.
It’s purpose is to prevent the chain from falling between spokes and cassette. (as a side effect, it may prevent lubricant to conatimate the brake rotor? No idea). Apparently it’s required that bikes sold in the US have that part installed. That never happened to me on any bike, I’ve been riding MTB and road for over 30 years.
Yes and nice bike. Aeroad cf slx 8 axs? I love the dark Grey. I can’t stop looking at mine 😀
Yeah it really looks dorky. It makes a bike look like it came from walmart.
Yes, but how do we remove it? Just by taking out the wheel?
Yesss
Once you’re absolutely sure the rear derailleur is properly tuned. And your chain will not fall off and destroy your spokes, then you can remove it.
It hurts nothing to keep it on, but just looks silly.
The dork disk! It’s just there due to gov regulations for bike sales. No need to keep it.