This one is always divisive. Some people think they’re ugly and useless, others think they’re good to keep on to protect your spokes in the worst case scenario.

I just got back from the garage from cutting mine off (and unfortunately it wasn’t a low quality/thin one so it took forever). I’m not against them per se but after about 1200km of riding, I noticed that it started to rattle and it was annoying me.

What do you guys/gals/pals think of them?

  • @KammicRelief
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    21 year ago

    Hmm, is that what my salesperson called the “pie plate” iirc? In that case, I cut mine off right away, since it was a racing bike, and I did a few races with it, and couldn’t risk being the only person in the race with that lame extra weight that screamed “n00b!” (or at least that was my fear…)

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      My bike is for touring. Theres no point shedding a gram to then load a campsite onto the pannier rack. And i like the scenic route which often means less than friendly terrain. I think ill keep mine on…