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!

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