Creo 2 Dork Disc Removal

[Extreme1]

I just realized that my wife’s new Creo 2 still has the dork disc on the rear wheel. Whats the easiest way to remove it?

On one of my old bikes I remember going crazy with a pair of side cutters, but there’s gotta be a better way.

 

[Watana Bob]

Side cutter tin snips are what I use, just need to be careful and not snip a spoke!

 

[stompandgo]

The right way is to remove the cassette. The dirty way is to cut it out with diagonal cutters.

 

[S.Giles]

Why do you want to remove it?

 

[stompandgo]

Why wouldn't you?

 

[Djangodog]

I only remove them from a ebike if I have the cassette off already. That small amount of rotational mass is close to the center of rotation and is virtually undetectable.

 

[harryS]

I updated to a new alloy rear wheel for my last conversion, and took the freewheel and steel dork disk from the old steel wheel.

 

[Base]

Why wouldn't you?

Complying to the EN15194...

 

[harryS]

Why wouldn't you?

I like the looks of a shiny steel dork disk. If it were yellowed plastic, it might go away,

 

[Extreme1]

I like the looks of a shiny steel dork disk. If it were yellowed plastic, it might go away,

Yea it’s clear plastic and just looks cheap for such an expensive bike.

 

[Extreme1]

Okay I cut it out with a pair of diagonal cutters. It took all of 3 minutes.

 

[PedalUma]

On one bike I used two dork disks.

 

[Nvreloader]

Question,
Doesn't a DD serve a useful purpose?
IIRR, it was to keep the chain out of the spokes...?

 

[PedalUma]

DD serve a useful purpose

A single DD does nothing if your low limit screw is set before the cable is attached. I did it because it is funny. I rode a bike that was all chrome for a year called Creo Eater that had a clown horn. I would honk the horn whenever I blew the doors off a Creo. That was 2019 when the Creo first came out. It had a 50 ring to a 16 cog on a Nexus 8. That bike looked like JFK on the Vineyard in space age 1962.

 

[jabberwocky]

Question,
Doesn't a DD serve a useful purpose?
IIRR, it was to keep the chain out of the spokes...?

They are a legal requirement for sale. Their purpose is to protect the spokes if the rear derailleur limit is set incorrectly and the chain goes over the largest cassette cog. Bike manufacturers know that nobody keeps them on, and they are made as cheap and disposable as modern manufacturing allows (which is really, really cheap and disposable). They tend to rattle and break pretty fast.

Best to just have a properly adjusted drivetrain. Easiest way to remove is to just pop the cassette off (which is 30 seconds with a lockring tool and chain whip) or you can just cut/rip it out if you wanna be a caveman.

 

[mschwett]

They are a legal requirement for sale. Their purpose is to protect the spokes if the rear derailleur limit is set incorrectly and the chain goes over the largest cassette cog. Bike manufacturers know that nobody keeps them on, and they are made as cheap and disposable as modern manufacturing allows (which is really, really cheap and disposable). They tend to rattle and break pretty fast.

Best to just have a properly adjusted drivetrain. Easiest way to remove is to just pop the cassette off (which is 30 seconds with a lockring tool and chain whip) or you can just cut/rip it out if you wanna be a caveman.

i've taken plenty of wheels off and cassettes off and i've never done so to remove a dork disk. two snips with cutting shears or strong scissors and into the bin.