that plastic thing behind the cassette

[Rob3rt]

A few minutes spent to remove the pie plate results in a substantial increase in aesthetic appeal, i.e. the advantage of it not being there FAR outweighs the minuscule effort required to remove a cassette and replace it.

Point of note, the majority of bikes are supplied without pie plates, new wheels come without them, nor are they are not included when you purchase a new cassette, make of this what you will.

 

[oilyormo]

aesthetic appeal?

 

[oilyormo]

what r the advantages of it not being there?

 

[Rob3rt]

A reduction in uglyness!

 

[oilyormo]

MMMmmm . yea thats a point but ......... maybe decorate it in some way?

 

[avalon]

Pure beauty in my opinion, Thinking of gettin them on all my bikes.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

What for? Both my road bikes have friction shifters but no pie plates. Never had any issues myself.

It was there in case you went for bottom gear and missed, it stopped the chain making a mess of the spokes. In theory if you set the limit screw right it shouldn't happen, but I used to ride old bikes or bikes cobbled together from parts and used to find I would get the odd miss shift.

 

[trampyjoe]

Pure beauty in my opinion, Thinking of gettin them on all my bikes.

I've put one on my front wheel

 

[HovR]

but I used to ride old bikes or bikes cobbled together from parts and used to find I would get the odd miss shift.

Fair enough. One of my bikes has a modern mech, and my commuter has the original mech from the 80's. Both limit screws have been carefully set, so unless the mech gets bent I shouldn't have any issues.

 

[Leaway2]

If you remove it, It will reduce the weight of the rear wheel, which will mean the bike will slow down faster when you stop peddling. Its a sort of flywheel.

 

[Widge]

Re the plastic 'pie-dish' behind the cassette..........

I've had one ever since I bought my MTB, but recently, it started grating against the cassette/freewheel so I thought I would try to remove it 'in situ' without removing the freewheel.

Took some doing!

All sorts of swearing and jabbing with sharp implements!!

Got there in the end. Of course-If you suspect your chain is going to jump off the big cog and into your spokes then they are a good thing. My derailleur stops are properly set - so it was a superfluous precaution.

Good luck with chiselling the blighters off 'though!

best

w

 

[screenman]

It is angled to deflect side winds, meaning it creates push or was it pull.

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Why did the Raleigh Chopper have them with a SA hub?

 

[RWright]

I just used a pair of tin snips to remove the dork disk, took about 10 seconds. I left the reflectors on my comfort style bike, might take them off this weekend, I have some reflective tape I am going to put on the frame.

 

[lulubel]

When I build bikes/wheels, I don't put them on because they're not necessary, but if I bought a new bike with one on, I wouldn't bother to take the cassette off just to remove it - I'd rather spend my time riding my bikes than doing unnecessary "maintenance".