This one is always divisive. Some people think they’re ugly and useless, others think they’re good to keep on to protect your spokes in the worst case scenario.
I just got back from the garage from cutting mine off (and unfortunately it wasn’t a low quality/thin one so it took forever). I’m not against them per se but after about 1200km of riding, I noticed that it started to rattle and it was annoying me.
What do you guys/gals/pals think of them?
Hmm, is that what my salesperson called the “pie plate” iirc? In that case, I cut mine off right away, since it was a racing bike, and I did a few races with it, and couldn’t risk being the only person in the race with that lame extra weight that screamed “n00b!” (or at least that was my fear…)
My bike is for touring. Theres no point shedding a gram to then load a campsite onto the pannier rack. And i like the scenic route which often means less than friendly terrain. I think ill keep mine on…