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Submitted by
Ted
a Downhiller
from Maine
Date Reviewed: 6/23/2004 8:05:01 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | none worth talking about |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Bike Setup: | RM Flow '04 |
| Bottom Line: | I got this thing istalled because chain suck actually destroyed my old frame, which i just had warrentied. It worked a couple of times, but the bolting is so bad that it just slides out of place given a few good hits. Try taking a decent sized drop and the thing craps out - - any chain suck the device blocks also knocks it out of place. Overall, the thing is crap. The chain suck continues, and this thing only serves to fall out of place when on the trail. The solution? - hit it back into place with a hammer (random rock) before it grinds your back tire to shreds. I'm getting a chain guide. |
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Submitted by
pimpbot
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland, CA
Date Reviewed: 7/3/2003 11:15:37 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Downieville |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $4 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle Sports |
| Strengths: | cheap |
| Weaknesses: | Doesn't work. Gets knocked out of line easily, make chainsuck worse, crappy one bolt mounting, doesn't actually fix the core issue. |
| Bike Setup: | Giant Hardtail with XT drivrtrain. |
| Bottom Line: | I had an issue with chainsuck in poor weather. I popped this POS on thinking it would keep the chain from damaging my frame. When the chain sucks it just knocks the plate out of line and jams the chain in between. THe only way to free the chain is to kick the rear pedal down, which damages the chain and possbily the chainrings. I mounted this with the one bolt it came with, cranked the holy heck out of it trying to keep it from slipping, but that didn't work. I drilled out a new bolt hole (for the one bolt it came with, how lame is that?) closer to the crank side, trying to change the leverage angle, but that didn't fix it either. I took it off, and while still chainsucking, my bike doesn't get disabled and come to a dead stop when it happens. My advice to anybody concidering this thing, fix the core issues causing your chainsuck instead of trying to mask the issue. |
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Submitted by
PhD
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester, PA USA
Date Reviewed: 10/13/2000 4:02:42 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Brady's Run |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | It works if installed properly. Inexpensive. |
| Weaknesses: | Had to grind to fit. Really have to tighten. Don't think you can use it on a bottom-pull derailleur. Bolt rusts. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Is there anything else? |
| Bike Setup: | Mongoose DX 10.9, full XTR, SID XC |
| Bottom Line: | The best $5 I've spent on my bike. I purchased both the regular and light-weight versions but have used only the regular to date. The light-weight version doesn't look rugged enough -- but the weight difference is minimal -- and the standard version works. I had to grind both the bottom and top plates to get it close enough to the chain rings on my 9 speed. You really have to tighten this thing down. It moved on me once when initially installed, but after tightening again, it has never moved. I also think the key is to STOP pedaling immediatley as soon as you feel the chain catch. Back off and chain suck is gone. This has saved my titanium frame on numerous occasions -- at least once or twice per ride in messy conditions. The only scratches I have are from before I installed it. And for $5-$10, it is worth a try to see if it works on your bike. |
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Submitted by
niceguy
a Weekend Warrior
from slo, ca
Date Reviewed: 6/9/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Bottom Line: | i bought this product thinking that it would help to prevent my chain from scratching up my frame. well, it didn't. i got back from a tough ride and found a lot of scratches while washing my bike. a friend gave me a great tip to keep the frame from getting scratched. take an old tire (go to lbs for a used tire) and cut it into a long strip the size of the frame near the chain. take some zip-ties and tie the cut tire to the frame. shi-bam, you've got a friendly chain guard that doesn't cost you anything and will last just as long as your bike. happy riding. |
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Submitted by
Geoff
a racer
from Connecticut
Date Reviewed: 1/26/1999 |
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| Bottom Line: |
more suck than anti......just buy a lizzard skin chainstay guard..... now i must make the 30 word quota so this review will be posted as a matter of fact, all tecktro products suck..... |
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Submitted by
Crash
a cross-country rider
from Radford, VA
Date Reviewed: 1/18/1999 |
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| Bottom Line: | THis gizmo really does suck. My experience included the chain catching up in the plate as well as the plate sliding back and blocking the rear tire. I actually had more complications with chain suck after installing this ugly piece of garbage! Safe yourself the time, $ and hassles. Just check your shifter cables adjustment every so often. Hmm... no zero flaming Mr. hankys, so... |
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Submitted by
NA
a racer
from Australia
Date Reviewed: 8/26/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | This is a peice of crap, don't waste your money if you have ovalised chainstays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Submitted by
monkeyboy
a cross-country rider
from Redfield, SD
Date Reviewed: 7/15/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | These things are pretty cool. It keeps me from sucking my chain, eating up my frame, and anything else bad that might happen but don't have the time to write about. The only problem I have had with it is when it gets hit it moves. I fixed that with some friction tape. Now my chainsucking worries are over!! I recomend these to anyone who reads this. Oh yeah, and you do have to take it off to clean your bike. I give these things five flaming bananas. |
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Submitted by
Felipćo
a weekend warrior
from Brazil
Date Reviewed: 6/1/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | This plate sucks!!!!Shitty plate,never worked!!!!Now I'm going to POLISH my chainstay because there is NO paint on it,just scratches!!!!Some people say it happens because I'm using 22-34-46 chainrings,but it really sucks!!!!I hate it and it also doesn't offers clearance for the front derailleur cable.Save your money!More five words just to post my review!!! |
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Submitted by
Tony
a cross-country rider
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: 4/18/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | The Tektro Anti-Chain Suck Plate works fine. If installed properly it will not move about and it cause no problems when removing my wheel. It is a great piece of equipment and there is no reason to buy the over priced Ringle. My frame has suffered only the damage incurred before I owned the tektro piece. |
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Submitted by
Forchelet Daniel
a cross-country rider
from Switzerland
Date Reviewed: 5/16/1997 |
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| Bottom Line: | I had some chain suck problem when I got my new XC MTB last March. What a pain to scratch the paint !!! I tried out the Tektro thing... well, it's worse with it: it doesn't prevent chain suck at all and there is no way to prevent the thing from moving around. I get rid of it after it moved towards the rear tire and blocked the rear wheel. I didn't crash and was happy that the bloody thing didn't hurt any bike's part (ie chainwheels).Now, I maintain very carefully the chain and the front derailleur settings and try not to change rear and front gears in a savage and uncoordinated manner (especially under race stress). Chain suck now very seldom occurs.My conclusion: The Tektro anti chain suck plates thing is not only useless, it's also dangereous for you and your bike !!! Avoid even looking at it in the shop ... it's wasted time.PS: I have got other Tektro products, like multiusage tools, brake levers on my son's bike ... they are great and tagged at an acceptable price.Daniel Fofo Forchelet. |
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Submitted by
Rich
a cross-country rider
from Maryland
Date Reviewed: 4/24/1997 |
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Biggest waste of ten dollars. It never worked. What I did to protect my beloved Dean was to use a piece of sheet metal and two hose clamps. I wrapped the chainstay (where the chain hits during chain suck)with the sheet metal and used two hose clamps to secure it. Whenever chainsuck occurs it scratches and gouges the sheet metal, not the titanium tube. This cost me about $1 and the hardware store used snips to cut the sheet metal for me. I've used it for over a year without any trouble. ---Richard |
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Submitted by
Ryan Amirault
a cross-country rider
from Plymouth, MA
Date Reviewed: 4/2/1997 |
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| Bottom Line: | All I can say is it sucks. You can't get your wheel off with out deflating the tire. Did I say It sucks. I'll give it one star but it should be -4 |
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Submitted by
kevin
a cross-country rider
from columbs,oh
Date Reviewed: 3/28/1997 |
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not to bad.better than spending twice as much for an identical ringl'e product. the thing functions marginally ,worse in mud but,what do you want for $9.99?it has saved my expensive allu frame from seriuoise turture. it may not prevent chain-suck but it does protect the bottom bracket area of youre bike when it does happen. |
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Submitted by
Eric Greene
a weekend warrior
from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: 3/25/1997 |
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| Bottom Line: | No problems with it and my frame is still in great shape. the only little problem is that it tends to slide out of place after a while. |
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Submitted by
Ian Simoneau
a downhiller
from Quebec(Canada)
Date Reviewed: 1/21/1997 |
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Dear mtbMy opinion on the tektro chain suck is a little bit hard to describe(but here it go's). Being an avid downhiller a chain suck is a very important part on my San Andreas Mountain Cycle. I have tried lost of chain sucks like:-mister crud -Lambert tech. -KORE I have even tried bulting one my self(It only lasted 7 races than i had to replace it. All the chain sucks i have tried 95 have all been a disaster, but not the tektro(it's been in 12 races and it's still going hard) Ian Simoneau |
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Submitted by
Zaphod
a cross-country rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: 12/4/1996 |
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| Bottom Line: | This is actually a review of the (very similar) Ringle-Anti-Chain-Suck-Thing. Just in case anybody is wondering, this doesn't work well either. The crummy clamping system actually performs one useful function in that it automatically lightens the bike when the Ringle-Silly-Named-Object jettisons itself. |
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Submitted by
Joe
a cross-country rider
from fullerton, ca
Date Reviewed: 11/15/1996 |
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I have had problems with both the Ringle and the Tektro anti-chain suck devices. They work until the are slapped once by the chain, at which time they spin and become useless. The Ringle has a gap that lets the chain get wedged between it and the middle chain ring and is actually a poorer design. I solved the problem by drilling 2 holes through the device right through the arch connecting the chain stays and bolted it on. No probs since. |
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Submitted by
Ken
a cross-country rider
from Vancouver Canada
Date Reviewed: 11/15/1996 |
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Does the word useless mean anything to you? Well this it the Ringle one is even worse, same performance double the price! I had this on my old bike which got stolen last year and did nothing, it chewed up my chain and when it comes loose it hit the chain ring and broke a tooth off. For the performance you get I'd rather live without the weight of it and let the frame take a beating. At least I wasn't a fool and bought it though, my friend gave it to me. Ha! |
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Submitted by
Ans
a weekend warrior
from SingAPORE'S very own moon!
Date Reviewed: 10/23/1996 |
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| Bottom Line: | Tektro's plate really sucks. Should change to TEKTRO CHAIN SUCK PLATE .Only suckers use it. FROM POSER |
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Submitted by
Rene Hokans
a cross-country rider
from Cave Creek, AZ
Date Reviewed: 10/11/1996 |
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Tektro usually makes good products for the price-point. This product performs as well as the Ringle Anti-Chain Suck Thing, expect its crappy performance comes at a fraction of the price.The biggest improvement I made to my bike is to take the damn thing off and maintain my drive train. No more chain suck. No more Anti-Chain Suck chain suck. |
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Submitted by
Kevin Smith
a weekend warrior
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 10/7/1996 |
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| Bottom Line: | This thing is useless. It just rotates around during the sucking event, further complicating the chain extraction procedure. Pony up for the Ringle thing, it (generally) works.Too bad there isn't a Zero Star rating choice. |
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Submitted by
Mike Ness
a cross-country rider
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: 7/18/1996 |
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| Bottom Line: | I bought this because $40 for the one from Ringle is ridiculous. This one cost about $10. Doesn't work, though. I wish that there were some reviews for the Ringle one to see if it's worth the money. I get chainsuck on my aluminum bike on rides that go through streams, which is very annoying. But no matter how tight I make the bolt on the anti-chain-suck plate the chain still pushes it out of the way and jams between the chainring and plate - which is even harder to fix than having the chain between the ring and frame. So I've taken it off. My solution now is to keep my chain better maintained in the first place to avoid the chain-suck problem. |
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Submitted by
Nelson Ho
a cross-country rider
from Potomac, MD
Date Reviewed: 6/9/1996 |
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This is very similar (nearly identical) to the Ringle Anti-Chain Suck Thing, except this is MUCH cheaper...$12. It uses a top and bottom plate which your chainstay (near the BB area) is sandwiched in between. The bottom plate has little steps in it to match your chainrings. It comes with a 10mm hex bolt so adjustment on trailside is easy (same size as brakepad hex nut). It also comes with some rubber cushions to keep the plates from moving and to also protect the frame. The plates are CNC'd aluminum and come in a variety of anodized colors. They also have holes drilled in them to reduce weight. While the idea of this device is cleaver, however, it doesn't work very well. Same as with the Ringle unit, this thing will prevent chainsuck maybe once or twice before the the chain forces its way in and pushes the plate away. They need to design specific plates for specific chainring combinations so a perfect fit can be achieved. That would make it unlikely for the chain to squeeze its way in between the plate and the frame. |
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