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Aaron Brown
a Downhiller
from Richmond VADate Reviewed: September 16, 2009
Strengths: Work fine up until I lubed the chain with a mineral oil base lube!Weaknesses: Do not let any lube that is mineral oil base near it, such as ProGold Prolink or get any WD40, penetrating lube on it!Bottom Line: I bought the bike complete and I had no warning that the bashgaurd reacted to certain chain lubes, to the point that it crumbled in my hands! Were was the R/D department on this one? I am sending it back to E13 and when i get it back its going to become a dog frisby
Favorite Trail: Snow Shoe's Ball and Jack/Powerline
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: came with the bike
Similar Products Used: Race Face metal bashgaurd
Bike Setup: Santa Cruz V10:Boxer Team, Fox dhx 5.0, dt swiss 6.1fr, x.o shifter, Truvativ Holzfeller
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greghealy@ymail.com
a Downhiller
from RSM, CA, USADate Reviewed: June 15, 2009
Strengths: Lasted for a little while, rolled over rocks, roots, and logsWeaknesses: I took one crash (not even that bad) and it broke in 5 different places. I thought these were unbreakableBottom Line: was pretty good. but a simple crash should not break it
Favorite Trail: Laguna
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$38.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: kona
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N8dog156
a Weekend Warrior
from Shirley, MA USADate Reviewed: May 12, 2009
Strengths: Super Strong. No metal to bend. Easy to install. Looks good, performs better.Weaknesses: noneBottom Line: I ride a small frame so this bashguard was a must. replaces big ring, adds a lot of room for extra clearance. I smash this thing into rocks and logs every weekend and it takes anything you can throw at it. Really helps over log features as it slides over easily. Would definitely recommend this guard.
Favorite Trail: FOMBA
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: Gear Works Cyclery,
Similar Products Used: Look for E-thirteen's new TurboCharger bashguard. Its new for 09 and said to be stronger and lighter.
Bike Setup: 2006 Cannondale Furio F600.
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lou_b_83
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia, NJ, USADate Reviewed: January 22, 2009
Strengths: It is the best. I have beat it on rocks, logs, and concrete blocks. It never fails.Weaknesses: NONEBottom Line: Just get and you wont look back.
Favorite Trail: Ringwood and Diablo
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: Cycle Craft
Similar Products Used: Race Face
Bike Setup: Kona Coiler
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Brad
a Weekend Warrior
from WisconsinDate Reviewed: April 14, 2008
Strengths: Light, Looks GoodWeaknesses: You have to switch lubesBottom Line: This thing is great. Although it is the first bashguard I've owned, everyone seems to recommend it and it has been great. It slides over logs very nicely. I have the 36t and it really improves ground clearance from my 44t ring. It is just barely heavier than my old chainring, so not a big deal with weight. The only thing that sucks is you have to change your lube. you cannot use petroleum based lube, i believe they say only wax based. when you call e13 and ask, they are very odd about saying do not use this or that, but they will tell you to use only wax based lube. not a big deal, but i was using petrol based. you also cannot clean your drivetrain with certain degreasers, or clean your chain with certain degreasers. not a big deal, just make sure you only use citrus degreaser. overall great buy.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At: pricepoint
Bike Setup: XC
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Adam
a Weekend Warrior
from melbourneDate Reviewed: November 4, 2007
Strengths: insanely strong
looks good
has a good reputation behind it's nameWeaknesses: not compatible with truvativ boxguide, but i modified the boxguide nows it's all good.Bottom Line: this is an awesome bashring, and if you have a tendancy of smashing your sproket or even if you don't you should have one of these. they don't weight much. just a bit pricy though
Favorite Trail: ivanhoe jumps
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$80.00
Purchased At: bikepro
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: Downhill (norco atomik 07)
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John
a Weekend Warrior
from Lehigh Valley PADate Reviewed: October 25, 2007
Strengths: This thing slides over anythingWeaknesses: NoneBottom Line: This is a great bashguard. It is so durable! It has taken so many licks from plowing into rocks or logs and it almost looks new. When I bought it (@ ebay) I took it out of the box and thought "this plastic circle thingie doesn't stand a chance with me at the helm". One year later I am showing more mountain bike scars than the bash guard. If your going with a bashguard, this is hands down the one to go with!
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: FSA, Salsa Trials, and Race Face
Bike Setup: Giant Trance
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Kristina
a Weekend Warrior
from NSW AustraliaDate Reviewed: October 7, 2007
Strengths: It's tough
It looks good
Does the job
Not noisy.Weaknesses: Well I found out about the lube thing just after buying a big bottle of Rock N Roll Extreme. Been using that lube probably for a good 6 months now without trouble.
Could be slightly cheaper.
Bottom Line: Great product, I've had no trouble with mine thus far. It has taken one very big hit so far and came out with just a surface scratch, amazing, I had to actually look for the damage and judging by the reddish colour whatever it hit came off second best.
Running it in combination with an inner plate (envy double E) I immediately noticed that the chain goes "ching, ching" over bumps hitting against the envy & the ethirteen is a lot more silent due to what it's made of.
It's a great product, and I would probably never run an outside chainring again. Mind you it's a bash ring so if you bash into stuff regularly I would expect it to eventually break or deteriorate. For some reason a lot of people seem to take "strong" as being "unbreakable".
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$54.00
Purchased At: www.fortheriders.com
Similar Products Used: I've only used an envy double e inner ring, the Ethirteen is my first bashguard.
Bike Setup: I've got the 32T black one ($60Au). It was on my Trance, but now it's on my husbands Alias. I like to run a plate sandwich: envy double E, 32t chainring and then Ethirteen Bash. Ideal set up would be to have a Straitline inner ring and an Ethirteen bash on the outside.
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Tesh
a Downhiller
from ColoradoDate Reviewed: May 9, 2007
Strengths: Very durable
Doesn't dent or nick
Looks pretty sickWeaknesses: noneBottom Line: This is a great bash guard. It's moderately cheap, easy to install and super burly.
Favorite Trail: The Area
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At: Pedal the Peaks
Bike Setup: 06 Bighit FSR II
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Jake
a Weekend Warrior
from Davis, CA, USADate Reviewed: April 5, 2007
Strengths: slides great on all benchs, ledges, or anything else when street ridingWeaknesses: nothing in less you are doing a lot of slides then it weres out kinda fastBottom Line: great product for all riding and is most at home doing spocket grinds.....BEST ON THE MARKET.
Favorite Trail: fish creek
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: friend ordered wrong size just my luck
Similar Products Used: nothing like it
Bike Setup: 05 p1 cromo single speed street, park, dirt jump does it all
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PC
a Weekend Warrior
from USADate Reviewed: January 28, 2007
Strengths: Slides across obstacles smoothly without getting hung up, which allows you to keep momentum when climbing over logs and rocks. Not too expensive.Weaknesses: 1)You can't use a traditional mineral based chain lube because it'll break down the composite material. Not a big deal, just need to do a drivetrain clean and switch to a wax-based lube.
2)Must be careful to use precise torque settings during install so as to not crack the plastic. Also not a big deal, but if you're not careful the BG could be ruined before you even ride it.
3)It broke. When cleaning the chain I found a large crack extending from the inside of the bashring.Bottom Line: Given that this thing couldn't stand up to basic, technical XC trail riding, I'm quite disappointed. I figured that since many riders use this product during aggressive DH and freeriding that it could stand up to the milder riding that I do. I never landed on the bashguard from a drop or jump, and most of the time it got used at slow speeds during technical riding.
The reviews on mtbr and on the forums were very positive regarding this bashguard, with many people describing it as unbreakable. Well, they are breakable.
When I spoke with e.13 about a possible warranty replacement they said it would only be covered in the case of manufacturers warranty (which they said is a less than 1% chance). Since it'll cost me $10 to send back to them to even determine whether it'll get covered, I'm just gonna put that money toward a new, aluminum bash. For many, this BG seems to work great. It just didn't work out too well for me.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: None yet.
Bike Setup: Kona HT set-up for aggressive XC riding.
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ben hobbs
a Downhiller
from new zealandDate Reviewed: November 26, 2006
Strengths: it looks very tough and can take the bashing my one is see throught red and looks kool.Weaknesses: the only weakness i have found is that it marks quite easly.Bottom Line: a good looking and tough bash guard.
Favorite Trail: double down
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$300.00
Purchased At: wangunui
Similar Products Used: none.
Bike Setup: ethirteen chain guide. race face stem. maxxis tyres. easton bars. 2006 rock shock boxxer race. mtb laser rims. 20mm hubs. manito rear shock.
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