Disc brake covers

Moonbiker
Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
edited April 2017 in Road buying advice
Dorky disc brake covers for mammils and the pro peleton :lol:


disc-brake-rotor-covers.jpg


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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Owain Doull must be gutted this morning. If only he'd kept his mouth shut...
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Been commonplace in motocross for many years...
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Imposter wrote:
    Been commonplace in motocross for many years...

    Intended to protect the rotor, I think, not the rider.
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  • benjamess
    benjamess Posts: 159
    edited April 2017
    Imposter wrote:
    Been commonplace in motocross for many years...

    not that common really though and they even look dorky on an mx bike!
    cooldad wrote:

    Intended to protect the rotor, I think, not the rider.

    correct, protects the front disc from roost on hard pack / stoney tracks.
  • stretchy
    stretchy Posts: 149
    How to make a disc brake road bike look even worse!
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    cooldad wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Been commonplace in motocross for many years...

    Intended to protect the rotor, I think, not the rider.

    Maybe so, but the same cover which protects the rotor would also protect the rider by definition.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Not doing a good job, the disc has punctured the front already!
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Imposter wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Been commonplace in motocross for many years...

    Intended to protect the rotor, I think, not the rider.

    Maybe so, but the same cover which protects the rotor would also protect the rider by definition.

    Until they are hit by the couple of hundred kilos of metal. I'm pretty sure, having been one, that the last thing motorcross riders are worried about is getting cut by a rotor.
    Perhaps if roadies wore heavy boots and body armour they wouldn't be so scared of disc brakes.
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  • frisbee
    frisbee Posts: 691
    I demand they ride with a fully enclosed drivetrain, its basically a chainsaw.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    cooldad wrote:

    Until they are hit by the couple of hundred kilos of metal. I'm pretty sure, having been one, that the last thing motorcross riders are worried about is getting cut by a rotor.

    Agreed. Having also been one, it was never a concern for me either - that came pretty low down on the list of potential motocross injuries. I simply meant it would protect them from getting injured by a potentially hot or spinning disc rotor, which seems to be the main concern for roadies.

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