Timeline for What is the purpose of the plastic disk between the cassette and the rear wheel?
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| Jan 17, 2022 at 18:19 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 17, 2022 at 10:04 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | The plastic ones also become brittle and then unpleasantly disintegrate during a ride. The remains are then hard to remove but rattle really badly. | |
| Jan 16, 2022 at 11:12 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jan 16, 2022 at 6:38 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | For completeness - it was not uncommon to see steel or aluminium ones on road bikes in the 80s. | |
| Oct 4, 2021 at 21:04 | answer | added | Brad de Leon | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 14:00 | comment | added | Monica Apologists Get Out | The colloquial term is 'dork disk', which indicates how a lot of bikers view them. | |
| Nov 17, 2018 at 18:43 | comment | added | Brian Knoblauch | The plastic ones like to deform and start rubbing on the derailleur too... | |
| Sep 19, 2014 at 16:11 | comment | added | RoboKaren | I'm convince that its real purpose is to work itself loose and then to rattle around clunkily until it drives you nuts. | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 8:01 | comment | added | Billy ONeal | @Daniel: If only I had known to search for "spoke guard". On the other hand if I'd have known that I'd not have had to ask the question :) | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 13:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/440119695224889344 | ||
| Mar 1, 2014 at 19:14 | vote | accept | Billy ONeal | ||
| Mar 1, 2014 at 19:07 | answer | added | user1049697 | timeline score: 24 | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 19:03 | answer | added | Kibbee | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 19:02 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | The spoke guard is there so that when your misadjusted/maltreated rear derailer shifts the chain off the top sprocket it doesn't jam in the spokes. This is the difference between being simply annoyed and being thrown off the bike (and possibly damaging the wheel). | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 18:42 | history | asked | Billy ONeal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |