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Description:
- 5mm AL-7075-T6 base-plate
- Heat treated cromoly bottom roller plate
- Adjustable roller and base-plate angle
- Floating rubber roller with integrated bushing
- Clean hex bolt setup
- Optional forged AL-7075-T6 BashGuard
- Super adjustable and silent, 34-46 ring adjustment range
- ISCG mount and flange BB mount available
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Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from Munich
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | basically none, it just doesn't do what it was designed to do. | | Weaknesses: | -extremely high friction
-bends easily
-chain falls off repeatedly | | Bottom Line: | I've never given a product 1 out of 5 before but this is just ridiculous... The crap piece of plastic up on the top always rubbed somewhere and bent so i took it off. The wheel at the bottom has got far too much play => it was not straight => the whole drivetrain had noticable friction AND once i took the whole chainguide off, the chain has basically always stayed in place. with it on do a bunny hop => chain is off
===> this product is no good. In fact: its a disgrace. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacob
a
from Portland, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Strengths: | No more worrying about your front chain coming off the sprocket, looks great, dead silent. | | Weaknesses: | The bottom spool gets loose and a bit wobbly over time, but it's not a serious issue. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Specialized Big Hit with a Marzocchi Bomber fork, an X-Fusion Glyder rear shock, and Hayes 8" disc brakes. | | Bottom Line: | A great chain guide for not too much. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christophe marin
a Downhiller
from hawkesbury, ont, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | cote du 3000 in port cartier | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | the lower roller never had any problems keeps the chain tight, it indure abuse and its simple | | Weaknesses: | the chaine guide itself, its just plain crap it keeps getting loose, it dosent hold the chain very well unless u spend a while adjusting it but as soon as as u ride in rough terrain its gets loose and the chaine falls off so if ur sprinting its gonna hurt and dont even think about putting a bashgard because you have to take off the side of thye chaine guide and if u do that u might as well take it off. | | Similar Products Used: | e-13 LG1 and STS the best chaine guides i have ever seen! | | Bike Setup: | o6 big hit stock except for a few things here and there | | Bottom Line: | if u are just looking for the lower part then go and buy it it dosent get much better than that but if u need the whole thing or just the chainbox then go look somewhere else like mrp or e-13 | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark G
a Downhiller
from Rome, Italy
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Bergamo | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Strengths: | Works very very well, sets up perfectly if you just follow the directions. Light in weight, very well built, adjustable for any chainline/chainring size between like 32 / 44t. Great flexibility, fits pretty much any frame configuration.
Team version with the sealed bearing jockey wheel has the lowest resistance of any chain device I have used so far, you really don't know it's there when you're pedaling, however the chain NEVER comes off.
Cheap - about half the price of MRP or E13, and works at least as well, if not better.. won't go back to either of those again.
| | Weaknesses: | None, does exactly what it is supposed to. | | Similar Products Used: | MRP, E13, Mr Dirt Gizmo | | Bike Setup: | Tomac Moah, Marz 888 RC2X, Sun Modo wheels, RF cranks and bottom bracket, etc.etc | | Bottom Line: | It's a great product. Be sure you get the team version which uses a high quality sealed bearing on the jockey wheel.
I honestly don't know how some of these people are saying it's hard to set up. If you follow the directions exactly (not rocket science BTW), it sets up correctly the first time. Just use Loc-Tite on the bolts, and it's going to run trouble free.
Great set and forget chain guide. I haven't had to touch it since I installed. takes maybe 20 mins to set up properly if you take your time and double check everything. No complaints at all.
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Submitted by
tatu s
a Weekend Warrior
from finland
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | came with the bike/cheap
cheap and it works.
| | Weaknesses: | If I set it wrong the chain eats the plastic upper part.
you have to "mod" it to fit a rockring
makes horrific noise when the lower wheel is not lubricated, or the chainline is not about dead center.
| | Similar Products Used: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | specialized bighit with 203 travis | | Bottom Line: | ok, this is my introduction to the world of chain guides. The chain has been on so far. took some time to set it right. no huge problems yet, so a new mrp/e13/blackspire is not on the shopping list. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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ryan
a
from australia------melbourne
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | all diirrrttt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | melbourne bike shop | | Strengths: | keeps the chain on as they are spose to,if set up good | | Weaknesses: | lots of fiddling to get it set up,smallest chain ring you can run is 34t, anything smaller you need to start modding it.makes pedalling bit more of an effort. | | Similar Products Used: | mrp- e-thirteen | | Bike Setup: | 07 kona hardtail, boxxer rides,classic rolls saddle with sealed bearings thru out. | | Bottom Line: | if you can afford to pay a few hours layber to the local bike shop to set it up go for it,if not then you need alot of patience or hopefully you fluke it, cant run any smaller chain ring than 34t with it on, noisy unless you get the sealed team version, honestly i spent hours getting it lined up,used it for two days and took it off again,rather have a tight chain and custom a front derailluer with a bash plate,does a better job,more quiet and can run any size chain ring i want. having said all that this is still better than some chain guides!!!!!!1 | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brian
a Downhiller
from san rafael
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | better than nothing | | Weaknesses: | doesnt hold chain on very well, top piece gets chewed up easily | | Similar Products Used: | MRP, DMR, Gamut, E-13, Blackspire | | Bike Setup: | 06 specialized bighit spec, drop off tripple fork, vanilla r shock, a-frame pedals, xt derailleur, truvativ bash guard, and more | | Bottom Line: | this is good, but for some reason the chain has fallen off many times, and is hard to get back on. other than that, the guide does its job well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Viktor
a Weekend Warrior
from Bratislava
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Never drops. Only happend once during a hard crash. Doesnt weigh a ton. | | Weaknesses: | You have to get special screws for your bashring. Looks Truvativ (sorry guys). Takes some time to set up. | | Similar Products Used: | Shaman FR, hard to compare... | | Bike Setup: | Norco A-line, Truvativ chainring, XT chain, | | Bottom Line: | This think works, works and works, no matter how hard it might be to get it set up. Once done it holds well. I will never spend 3 times as much for a fancy e13 or MRP. Just to look more fancy... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brad walter
a Racer
from ny ny
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | ONLINE | | Strengths: | CHAIN WILL NOT COME OFF! | | Weaknesses: | ON | | Bike Setup: | KHS DJ 200
HUSSFELT PACKAGE
| | Bottom Line: | LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP\
MINE RUBBED THE BOTTOM WHEEL GUIDE
UNTIL I MOVED IT 2 MM
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Submitted by
mike wilson
a Downhiller
from newmarket,ontario,canada
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | highway | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | havys bike shop | | Strengths: | amazing i love this thing, when set up by the right bike shop they will put time into putting it on correctly and it works. it is so quiet. the noise is the exact same from when it wasnt on and it keeps th chain on. | | Weaknesses: | none so far! | | Similar Products Used: | e-thirteen | | Bike Setup: | devinci johnson with two wheels and some shocks | | Bottom Line: | amazing, worrth the 100 dollars just i would reconmend a bike shop set it up cus it can be tricky. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stuart
a Downhiller
from Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | time killer | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | Its light, effective, not amazingly tricky to set up and keeps your chain on 100% of the time. You CAN run as big of a chainring or as small as you want unless you plan on breaking 120km/h or are a dedicated trials rider. | | Weaknesses: | sure its not tricky to set up, but it takes FOREVER to dial it in with 3 piece cranks, because you have to get the chainring EXACTLY 1 mm away from the inside of the box to get it to work right. Truvativ claims you can run up to a 46 tooth chainring on it, yet the roller is only adjustable to a 36 tooth bashguard | | Similar Products Used: | envy chaingang, mrp system 1 | | Bike Setup: | norco 4by with super t, 24/26 wheels, single ring up front and 8 speed rear. | | Bottom Line: | There are a lot of things you can do to make this chainguide work for you, no matter what the style. What I did was take off the outer side of the "box" and snug it up to my chain as close as possible without it rubbing. Doing this allows you to run a bash plate, and the bash replaces the outer side of the box. So far my chain hasnt rubbed or fallen off once, and it gives you confidence knowing you wont drop chains at all. The downside is, (this is what leads me to believe it wasnt designed to work with bashguards) the adjustable roller WILL adjust to fit a 46 tooth chainRING, but not a bashguard. It will get in the way of anything bigger than a 36 bash, and stop working altogether. Another fault is that the "roller" doesnt rotate. It has a bushing design that's much too stiff for a chainguide roller and it absolutely refuses to move under the stresses of the chain. it WILL rotate, just not easily enough. This problem is easily solved by replacing the roller with one from an mrp. Overall, this is an excellent dh/fr guide that will not drop a chain, but it offers some challenges in setting up that some unexperienced mechanics will whimper at. Awesome upper design, poor/fair lower design. I will never run another guide.
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Submitted by
Todd
a Downhiller
from west linn, oregon
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anything | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | River City bikes | | Strengths: | the chain has only come off my bike once. it tensions the chain a little, so it isnt bouncing around all the time. | | Weaknesses: | really niosy. and it also rubs against your chain, makeing more of an effort to pedal | | Similar Products Used: | none really | | Bike Setup: | 2004 P.2 | | Bottom Line: | i'm not sure I would reccommend it. get the hussefelt or something. because this thing is just really noisy and clunky. never givin me any problems though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nhel
a Weekend Warrior
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | cycle art | | Strengths: | easy to maintain, chain nevers falls off, easy to adjust.. | | Weaknesses: | none so far even those noise i haven't encountered it. Just maintained it cleaned. | | Bike Setup: | Haro frame, shimano deore group set, marzochicci fork, avid brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Get your money's worth, easy to maintain, easy to adjust, and mine performs well even through hard and rough trail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Widmo90
a Racer
from Lakewood,Colorado USA
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Keystone | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Strengths: | It's still keeps my chain in posision about 3 months and if you adjust it good and put some teflon on the axle of the rockring it's quite | | Weaknesses: | So the rockring is nosy but if i put there a teflon from finish line its quiet but it's when i put it on the chain scrabs the one side of the top pice next today my chain fell down and in this tipe of chain guides with a chamber its hard to put it back (chain) | | Bottom Line: | It's good for begginers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scot Witala
a Downhiller
from Port Coquitlam, B.C, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | freight train+dirt merchant +lower A -Line | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | got it with my bike | | Strengths: | NOTHING | | Weaknesses: | its noisy, ur chain falls off, and i do have it adjusted properly, its adjusted by my local bike shop. wenever id go to pedal up to a launch my chain would fall off and it has caused injuries | | Similar Products Used: | E-thirteen, great product, never have had a problem yet | | Bike Setup: | 04 norco aline, e thirteen srs, white syncros rims, syncros rear tire, fsa cranks, fsa headset | | Bottom Line: | this chainguide is not good for freeriding, get an e thirteen or mrp | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Henry Martin
a
from Australia
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | stock on bike | | Strengths: | well my chain has not come of yet, i guess tyhats a strength. and i've got a bash guard on as well. | | Weaknesses: | noisy, makes strange clicking noises, it dosn't bother me though. | | Bottom Line: | it works fine for me, it's just on there and i've had no issues with it, or my chain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
charlie d
a Weekend Warrior
from old lyme
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | greyville | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | sunshine cycle | | Strengths: | silent, chain never comes off, a lot of a adgustability | | Weaknesses: | CANT FIT A BASH!! | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | P.2 | | Bottom Line: | I think you can only buy it through a stock bike but...I dont like it cuz i always hit the ring on rocks and its gonna cost 140 bucks to get the e13 setup | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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