Plastic Hub Protector

[thehermanator]

The plastic Hub protector of my bike came loose and for the living daylights I can not get it back on, my logic tells me that it clips onto the Cassette but it does not work. Any advice please?<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

[dirtrider]

That think you can throw away but if you really want to put it back , it clips onto your spokes . YOu got to turn it clockwise and it will clip into place .

[thehermanator]

So you telling me I don't need it?

[dirtrider]

Well I am not sure I got the right Item here , but it is a round plastic disk that they put behing your rear casette ? Some bikes even got them on both sides !!

[thehermanator]

Well I am not sure I got the right Item here ' date=' but it is a round plastic disk that they put behing your rear casette ? Some bikes even got them on both sides !![/quote']

 

 

Thats the one yes. Its good news if I don't need it otherwise I have to take it my LBS to either replace it or fix it, I am done trying to do it myself

[dirtrider]

Ok you can throw them away !! Even if it is loose it is still difficult to get it of , so I normally take the pliers and just break it of .

[Wyatt Earp]

Dirt Rider is correct.

 

That satellite dish is actually a "spoke" protector just in case the limit screw on your rear mech. is not dialed in properly, throw it very, very far away.

[thehermanator]

Thanks for the advice guys, I am removing it right away.

[Guest Agteros]

 

Thanks for the advice guys' date=' I am removing it right away. [/quote']

 

The first step to weight-weenie-ism

 

[CAAD4]

If you put it on your turntable you might even get a tune out of it....

[Andyr249]

What is the thinking behind getting rid of them?

[Super_mil]

The thinking is that, if your derailleur is set properly, your chain shouldn't hop off the cassette into the spokes, so it's serving no purpose.

[Andyr249]

Oh ok. So why do they put them on? It is better to just make sure the derailleur is set properly.

[Super_mil]

Dunno why they're put on? I guess it's cheap insurance should the LBS not set your derailleur up properly first time round.

[Piernas Flacas]

Yhey put it there because there's no absolute guarantee that you chain will never get caught between the spokes and the cassette even with the limiter properly adjusted.

[Minion]

 

Oh ok. So why do they put them on? It is better to just make sure the derailleur is set properly.

The same reason they put those 'lawyers lips' on road bike forks.

It's there to prevent stupid, litigious, Americans from hurting themselves and then sueing the bike companies.