A genuine question about the dork disc?

[Scott-S]

It serves a purpose, aye its not the most beautiful part of a bike...

Im innocently asking why there is so much loathing of a useful small bit of plastic, I honestly don't understand the hated here guys please educate a naive idiot without taking the piss (too harshly )

 

[ishaw]

I done personally like the look of them and on the rare occasion a bike or wheels has one attached, it gets removed.

They do serve a purpose and there is one set of wheels I run one on, Mavic crossmax. The fat spokes are quite expensive to replace and the Mavic dork disc isn't an ugly bit of clear plastic that discolours and looks ugly quickly, but a black plastic spoked thing that doesn't look bad and is barely visible.

So in conclusion, ugly but functional.

I suspect the reality is they are removed to save weight

 

[CassidyAce]

Teenage prejudice that hasn't been dropped. When they're old, yellow and brittle, they're ugly too.

 

[basketcase]

why there is so much loathing of a useful small bit of plastic

I have seen some made from metal, that weren't too bad looking - They were removed anyway

 

[ferrus]

Some sophisticated Italian dorkdom, perhaps Sir?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/276226868548

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Exception exists:
The old steel ones are too cool to be called dork disk, they're pie plates

 

[legrandefromage]

They shattered easily after exposure to sunshine and oils, a pain to keep clean and just awful unless brrrrrand new

 

[d8mok]

I love buying bikes with a dork disc still present. Means it’s not been messed around with much. The best examples of bikes I own came with them on.

And yes I’ve left some in place , and kept the ones I’ve removed.

Same as factory reflectors , if the bike still has them. You likely are buying a gem

 

[novocaine]

Because the purpose they serve is only relevant if you've failed to set your derailleur correctly.
Because they normally fail at their purpose the first time they are asked to serve it.

 

[Lucidone]

How about a run of RetroBIKE branded dork discs?

It could be our (slightly less intimidating) version of a gang patch!