Do I really need ....

bamba
bamba Posts: 856
edited January 2011 in MTB buying advice
a chain device ? , been eyeing one up for a while, this one,
http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... cts_id=336
with a bashring of some sort to
not sure it will be of much benifit or just an add on for the sake of it ?
My Trance

Comments

  • piker
    piker Posts: 353
    If your chain keeps coming off you need one.
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Or your chain is too long. Never found that I need one on my Trance.
    A bash ring is definately worth fitting, I used to catch my big chain ring a lot because of the low bottom bracket. Since I fitted a bashring & ditched the big ring I haven't had any clearance issues.

    I would recomend one of these, fits straight on using the original bolts and looks great and is half the price of most others.
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=19043
    Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=13070235
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    I find my large chainring makes a good bashring. As long as you keep your leg out of the way.
    I don't do smileys.

    There is no secret ingredient - Kung Fu Panda

    London Calling on Facebook

    Parktools
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Thats what I thought, but a big ring will bend fairly easily and a bash ring is smalley, giving extra ground clearance.
    I have got a big chain ring scar on my right ankle from a big ring as well, at the time I was more worried about the broken ribs and arm though :?
    Transition Patrol - viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=13070235
  • bamba
    bamba Posts: 856
    Ordered,no major chain issues, apart from when hitting some of the bigger rocky drops/steps etc still undecided about which bash
    My Trance
  • Tom Barton
    Tom Barton Posts: 516
    They help keep clattery chains quiet too which is nice - mine always made alot of noise on the descents even with a well fitted chain and high gears - shealthy quiet now :d
    Lapierre Spicy 516 XTR custom (2013) -http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10017&t=12932332
  • bamba
    bamba Posts: 856
    Tom Barton wrote:
    They help keep clattery chains quiet too which is nice - mine always made alot of noise on the descents even with a well fitted chain and high gears - shealthy quiet now :d

    good response, does my head in the clattering from the chain over rough descents
    My Trance
  • bamba
    bamba Posts: 856
    The answer to this question perhaps should have been no,apart from the bb thread looking a bit sorry and a trip to the lbs needed to sort out, i think there are some clearance problems around the suspension linkage and pivot points, barely a gap there, ('12 thou)

    05012011042.jpg

    unless i do some mods to the plate of the chain device, has any one fitted one of these to a trance ? or similar Giant fs ?
    My Trance

Categories