Are all bikes with plastic spoke protectors crap?

[LesterOfPuppets]

I bought a 1992 Bianchi Grizzly new and it had a pie plate.

Pretty sweet bike it was.

 

[poweredbypies]

Have left the big ally one on my old racer looks ok all polished up.

 

[Guy With a Ritchey]

I believe Bikesnob NYC burns the pie plate in an elaborate ritual. :twisted:

 

[terryhfs]

You can often tell how serious someone is about cycling by seeing how quickly these additional items are removed.

Or how keen they are on not wrecking their wheels and staying alive on the roads at night by how long they're left on!

 

[Woz]

Default Response = Yes

Could equally apply to a crap mechanic / enginner who insists to have them them on decent wheels.

 

[feetabix]

i could see a reason for leaving them on, but they are the first things i have/would in the future remove from any bike with my name on it!.....snobbery?..... :roll:

 

[pete_mcc]

They serve a very good purpose on mavic wheels in that the spokes are alloy and will die quickly after a single chain deraillment (which are not solely caused by bad adjustment of limiter screws but can be caused by any manner of freak occurrences, like chain bounce on rough ground or a bash to the mech). So, 99p pie-plate or wrecked £800 wheels.....

My seven with a pie plate to protect the titanium spokes.

Anyone who takes off the pie plate just because they think it makes them look more professional is just a poser.

 

[feetabix]

Eeeeeerm....perhaps that's me then!..... :roll:

 

[Chute55uk]

BS6102/1 covers the manufacturing of cycles
Bs6102/2 covers the selling of new cycles and states all cycles should have front white reflector, rear red reflector, amber pedal reflectors, amber or white wheel reflectors, and a spoke protector. so whether its a 99 pound cycle or a 5999 pound one it still has to comply with BS. we were not allowed to remove any complying parts untill the sale had been made and the bike had left the shop and had both wheels touch the pavement outside (i kid you not) then the customer could ask us to remove anything they wanted as it was then considered to be used and not having to comply to the retailing of new cycles.
how sad