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Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 16:23:24 No.1752878 View View Reply Original Report

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What's the point of the cover for the chain on a bicycle? On a brand new bicycle it's the first part that actually fails. Why aren't they made out of metal? Or just skip it entirely, it's useless unless you have wide pants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 17:15:47 No.1752892 Report

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Chain breaks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 17:33:23 No.1752895 Report

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>What's the point of the cover for the chain on a bicycle?
Keeping your pants clean and free of damage.
>On a brand new bicycle it's the first part that actually fails.
That's an anecdotal claim at best.
>Why aren't they made out of metal?
Cost cutting, but you can get a metal replacement should yours fail.
>Or just skip it entirely, it's useless unless you have wide pants.
I have normal pants and would still get them dirty if I didn't roll them up. The only time chain grime isn't an issue is when you wear shorts or supertight carrot pants.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 17:38:42 No.1752897 Report

Quoted By: >>1752903 >>1752908

probably something they have to comply with because of some bullshit safety regulation, like with the dork disk or the spoke reflectors

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 17:45:41 No.1752903 Report

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>>1752897
Dork disks are useful though, they prevent the chain from coming off towards the wheel, getting jammed between the cassette and the spokes, causing visual damage to the area or potentially even dragging your derailleur into the spokes and causing functional damage to the spokes and/or derailleur.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 18:18:34 No.1752908 Report

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>>1752897
dork disc is cheaper than making a starving chinese kid set up the derailleur properly, and spoke reflectors are a good safety feature and unless you have reflective tires or never ride at night you should have them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 18:20:11 No.1752911 Report

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>>1752908
How lax are workplace safety standards in China anyway these days? Do they still employ child labour?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 18:25:05 No.1752912 Report

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>>1752911
they'll say they have no child labor, slave labor and indocrinated biorobots working against their will (if still present), but you all know all three of those happen because if it moves capitalism forward it will happen

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jan 2022 18:32:35 No.1752913 Report

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>he doesn't wear Dickies each and every day

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