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Submitted by
steve
from scotland
Date Reviewed: 7/23/2005 3:19:55 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $15 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | keeps chain on most of the time |
| Weaknesses: | flimsy, bends easily, makes annoyin noises in high gears due to chain rub, IMPOSSIBLE to set up as you have to tighten about 4 or 5 bolts at the same time, move one bit and the whole thing goes out of line. also, it sometimes lets the chain off and gets it stuck between the chain cage and ring, lucky its so easy to bend because it wouldnt come out otherwise, still takes ages though. not a good design. |
| Similar Products Tried: | dcd |
| Bike Setup: | rock shox, deore lx 9spd stuff, tioga factory 2.3 tyres, rhyno lite rim, avid, specialized stuff, etc. |
| Bottom Line: | do not buy new, its WELL not worth it, about 25 quid. i wouldnt pay more than 10 for it. even better, why not get something to keep your chain on, like some sort of pulley wheel shaped device? |
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Submitted by
lee roy
from coventry
Date Reviewed: 2/9/2005 10:38:50 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | kenilworth common |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Strengths: | kind of keeps your chain on if u set it up properly |
| Weaknesses: | when going from 1 side of the cassette to the other it rubs and makes a well annoyin sound, rubs on my tyre |
| Bike Setup: | dmr trailstar, stratos triple clamp forks, mavic d521 ceramic wheels, hope minis, gazzas |
| Bottom Line: | its ok if you dont use all your gears on your cassestte |
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Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from England
Date Reviewed: 10/12/2004 2:08:36 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Purchased At: | Local Bikeshop |
| Strengths: | Cheap, simple, can be adjusted with normal washers etc. |
| Weaknesses: | Poor design, easily knocked out of line, takes ages to set up properly, chain makes annoying sounds in certain gears when it rubs on the nylon blocks. |
| Similar Products Tried: | DMR chain reactor, MRP copy (mr control - crap) |
| Bike Setup: | Norco Torrent, '01 Drop-Offs, On-One 3pc cranks, chain reactor + cage, 9spd Deore bits etc |
| Bottom Line: | Pretty crap to be honest, but for the money it has to be expected. It looks like something out of a Meccano set or a GCSE engineering project. Not the best design by any means, but if set up properly and not whacked with a stray foot it does the job. Sometimes. |
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Submitted by
Jeremy Wilder
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem, Or. USA
Date Reviewed: 5/13/2003 9:10:06 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | skatepark |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | came with bike |
| Strengths: | keeps chain on |
| Weaknesses: | CHEAP!! this thing bends SO easily. i'm glad i didn't pay money for it. |
| Bike Setup: | sram 8speed, norco 250. |
| Bottom Line: | well, it works, but if you catch it with a pant leg or something, it's screwed. period, it is really flimsy. but it works. i don't know what kind of value it might be because i didn't pay for it, but i was told it costs around 45-50 U.S. bucks. not worth it. |
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Submitted by
Jeremy Wilder
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem, Or USA
Date Reviewed: 5/10/2003 11:41:43 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | came with bike |
| Strengths: | guides chain, cheap |
| Weaknesses: | piece of crap |
| Bottom Line: | it is cheap, cheap, cheap. takes little or no abuse |
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Submitted by
Ken Ingham
a Downhiller
from Cardiff in wales
Date Reviewed: 6/7/2002 8:08:38 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Rudry jumpspot |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | sunset cycles UK |
| Strengths: | It looks pretty cool i guess |
| Weaknesses: | VERY hard to set up, one little knock means you need to re-adjust. chain rubs an awful lot. Cheap materials, says its strong but is weak. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none, but ive just purchased a MRP slalom device. |
| Bike Setup: | Custom made slalom frame, bomber z5's, hydraulic rim brakes. Dmr seat, 24/7 bar and stem combo, the usual jump/slalom/downhill. |
| Bottom Line: | Dont even think of buying this, it may work well for a while but the chain will always fall off, and it will brake very easily, the cage metal is cheap, and the bolts and flimsy. Overall crap. |
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