Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
What's that little plastic plate behind the cassette of your mountain bike or for that matter, ANY bike? Known colloquially as the "dork disc", spoke guards are supposed to protect your spokes and stop your chain from getting wrapped up in your wheel during a drivetrain failure.
The counter argument for a spoke guard is that it's a cheap flimsy piece of plastic that will inevitably break loose and make noise.
Is it worth it? Today, we'll try to find out!
I'm a part owner of Clik. We make better, easier valves, backwards compatible with Presta.
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What's that little plastic plate behind the cassette of your mountain bike or for that matter, ANY bike? Known colloquially as the "dork disc", spoke guards are supposed to protect your spokes and stop your chain from getting wrapped up in your wheel during a drivetrain failure.
The counter argument for a spoke guard is that it's a cheap flimsy piece of plastic that will inevitably break loose and make noise.
Is it worth it? Today, we'll try to find out!
I'm a part owner of Clik. We make better, easier valves, backwards compatible with Presta.
clikvalve.com
Get Early Videos & Behind the Scenes On Substack! 🚲 bermpeak.substack.com
Berm Peak Hoodies, Beanies, Jerseys, Shirts
bermpeak.com
Check out our main channel youtube.com/c/sethsbikehacks
Follow me on Instagram instagram.com/sethsbikehacks
Berm Peak Merch bermpeak.com
Music in this video is from
share.epidemicsound.com/trQSg
Advertising disclosure: All of these videos contain products, logos, or mentions associated with Diamondback Bicycles. Whether or not the video itself was sponsored by Diamondback, they do support this channel, and by extension, every video on it.
