Dork Disc Update
pottssteve
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HIYA,
A couple of weeks ago I innocently enquired as to the name and function of the plastic disc which sits next to the cassette. Although I was informed that this was a spoke protector, several FELLOW CYCLISTS took the opportunity to HAVE A GO at me for daring to ride with it on, suggesting that it was less than cool to do so.
Well, I was in my LBS this week and mentioned to the mechanic there that my spoke protector was cracked. He took it off for me and the difference has been tremendous. I knocked 0.325 seconds off my commute, which I wholly attribute to the gains in aerodynamic performance and weight loss since the disc was removed. Furthermore, I've been promoted at work, colleagues think I'm funnier and women find me more attractive. In fact, two chicks in a Ferrari grabbed me at the traffic lights in Tai Po yesterday and insist I make love to both of them them, which I managed to do, despite wearing bib shorts, and before the lights turned green. My Tricross Sport, which has been likened to an item of agricultural equipment was mistaken for a Pinarello Prince today by the policemen who stopped me for doing 55kph in a 30 zone.
Who'd have thought a little plastic could make such a difference....
Steve
A couple of weeks ago I innocently enquired as to the name and function of the plastic disc which sits next to the cassette. Although I was informed that this was a spoke protector, several FELLOW CYCLISTS took the opportunity to HAVE A GO at me for daring to ride with it on, suggesting that it was less than cool to do so.
Well, I was in my LBS this week and mentioned to the mechanic there that my spoke protector was cracked. He took it off for me and the difference has been tremendous. I knocked 0.325 seconds off my commute, which I wholly attribute to the gains in aerodynamic performance and weight loss since the disc was removed. Furthermore, I've been promoted at work, colleagues think I'm funnier and women find me more attractive. In fact, two chicks in a Ferrari grabbed me at the traffic lights in Tai Po yesterday and insist I make love to both of them them, which I managed to do, despite wearing bib shorts, and before the lights turned green. My Tricross Sport, which has been likened to an item of agricultural equipment was mistaken for a Pinarello Prince today by the policemen who stopped me for doing 55kph in a 30 zone.
Who'd have thought a little plastic could make such a difference....
Steve
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Were you wearing dhb shorts, they have a zip. If you try hard enough you may be able to get your willy out of them. It will still take a bit of effort tho
On a serious note, i still have my dork disc on, but mines not huge, only just bigger than the cassette. I dont think people would notice if you were travelling at speed anyway.Do you have any Therapeutic Use Exemptions?
No. Never have.
Never? What about the cortisone?
Well, obviously there was the cortisone0 -
El Imbatido,
Standard bib shorts, no zip. I had to hoist it over my shoulder first... Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
mines not huge
Which is why you need a zip? 0 -
I took mine off due to feelings of inadequacy after the guys at work laughed at me for it still being there
Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?0 -
LOL, great post steve. I think you should frame your dork disc or turn it into a key fob for its novelty.0
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Now the dork disc has gone you'll also have to lose your spokey dokeys 0
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Where can I get me one of them there magic discs!0
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Pottssteve,
I had the same thing happen to me after changing the colour of my presta valve caps from black to yellow. I can't believe I've been in the dark about this for so long. 8)0 -
Update Update,
Rode into work the long way this morning, minus the dork disc for the first time. Had NO TROUBLE changing gear, and broke no spokes. Despite several HEAVY DOWNPOURS where I got VERY WET I felt the benefit of being discless. I was riding through a typhoon warning No3. However, the side wind coming off the sea blew harmlessly through my SPOKES rather than hitting the disc laterally and pushing me out into the oncoming traffic. Therefore, having the d disc removed probably saved my life today.
Having no disc is, like, totally awesome...Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
Dude if your ever back in Heywood give me a shout and we'll go for a dork discless ride together to owld betts Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?0 -
Now only to remove your handle-bar bell steve...0
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Hi Fungus,
I spent 18 years in Heywood, from the ages of 3 to 21. In hindsight it was like some sort of custodial sentence. Luckily I got out alive....
I have no fambly there now and I won't be back in the UK for a while yet, but I might take pottssteve junior one day to show him how effing lucky he is not to have been born there! Where we live now the tennis courts have nets and aren't covered in broken glass. I do have some fond memories, like the time our geography teacher fell in the river Roch whilst demonstrating how to test the depth... I will however let you know if I ever get back there - you can buy me a pint in the Ship, although when I lived there they didn't serve anyone over the age of 17.
Garz,
I don't have room on my bars for a bell due to the fact that I ride a 'cross bike with 2 sets of brakes, and am therefore in contravention of Hong Kong traffic law. As anyone who has ridden in HK knows, it's vital to have a little silver bell so you can ding it at the feckin humongous 18 wheelers that bomb past you at 70 kph, leaving you about 3 cm from death....
I was tempted by the idea of a dork key fob (geddit?), but it was too damaged on extraction... Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
hey pottsteve so much for plastic "spoke protector" disc thingy stays on revolution.
got mine off today, the rear wheel looks beautiful without it.0 -
Hi bobpzero,
That's the thing with revolutions; what comes around, goes around!
I'll just have to be content with the calf length black socks...
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