Bash Guard / Chain ring question
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NJ-XC-Justin
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$33 for a simple bash/guide will save you time and work better:
http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=16781
and call the 3rd gear your "big ring." cogs in the back, rings in the front.
tommyjay
Not-So-Venerable Asshat
tommyjay
Not-So-Venerable Asshat
To actually add value for once:
I installed a bashgaurd after bending my big ring. I was riding at six mile and my rear tire slipped off one of the railroad tie bridges. I did the big ring equivalent of a skateboard rail slide (y'know, sideways slide across with the bike straddling the bridge). It bent a few teeth. This was before the railroad ties were widened with the short boards on top.
Anyway, I put on a raceface bash ring and I am really happy with it. It is pretty small (just a bit bigger than my middle ring), tough, relatively light, and increases my effective clearance vs. running a big ring. I haven't "bashed" it into anything, but when it does brush an obstacle, it slides over easily, rather than grabbing like the teeth on the ring do.
As others have mentioned, the best way to protect the drivetrain (and bb and cranks and bike) is technique - my bashguard is there for when my technique or judgement fails, not as a crutch to grind over anything in the way.
I installed a bashgaurd after bending my big ring. I was riding at six mile and my rear tire slipped off one of the railroad tie bridges. I did the big ring equivalent of a skateboard rail slide (y'know, sideways slide across with the bike straddling the bridge). It bent a few teeth. This was before the railroad ties were widened with the short boards on top.
Anyway, I put on a raceface bash ring and I am really happy with it. It is pretty small (just a bit bigger than my middle ring), tough, relatively light, and increases my effective clearance vs. running a big ring. I haven't "bashed" it into anything, but when it does brush an obstacle, it slides over easily, rather than grabbing like the teeth on the ring do.
As others have mentioned, the best way to protect the drivetrain (and bb and cranks and bike) is technique - my bashguard is there for when my technique or judgement fails, not as a crutch to grind over anything in the way.
Another vote for the bash guard. I rode with the large chainring for many years and then replaced it with a small diameter bashguard last year. I have not looked back.
Everything is a trade off -- if you ride in a really fast non-tech park most of the time, keep the chainring. If you ride in places like Allamuchy or Jungle Habitat, the bash guard is your friend. And, it is not a "final" decision. If you find yourself going to go to a fast non-techy park, throw the chainring back on -- it only takes 5 minutes to change out.
I got my bashguard from a company called BBG -- some mountain biker who made them in his garage for $12 plus $4 shipping. And they look nice, too. Here is the link: http://www.bbgbashguard.com/
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ArmyOfNone
Well-Known Member
I vote for
A) learning how to hop logs as to not hit the ring in the first place.
B) get fit enough to actually use the big ring as a gear option like it was designed for
-Jim.
Ouchie!
I vote for
A) learning how to hop logs as to not hit the ring in the first place.
B) get fit enough to actually use the big ring as a gear option like it was designed for
-Jim.
Yea yea - I'm working on A and B....:drooling:
Until then, ill use the bash guard....
jwave
New Member
SS Bashguard?
I've returned to mountainbiking after a 10-year break. (My earlier experience was in college @ R. U. where I fondly recall buzzing the ecological preserve on my fully rigid trek 930 -- later stolen by some bastard-- followed by nursing my bruises with pints at Ale & Wich). Anyway, I just picked up a Monocog 29er -- back to being fully rigid for the time being
-- and wanted to know what peoples' views are about installing bashguards on 32T single chainring. What works? What doesn't? (links to any recommended products are welcomed). Thanks!
I've returned to mountainbiking after a 10-year break. (My earlier experience was in college @ R. U. where I fondly recall buzzing the ecological preserve on my fully rigid trek 930 -- later stolen by some bastard-- followed by nursing my bruises with pints at Ale & Wich). Anyway, I just picked up a Monocog 29er -- back to being fully rigid for the time being
-- and wanted to know what peoples' views are about installing bashguards on 32T single chainring. What works? What doesn't? (links to any recommended products are welcomed). Thanks!
I've returned to mountainbiking after a 10-year break. (My earlier experience was in college @ R. U. where I fondly recall buzzing the ecological preserve on my fully rigid trek 930 -- later stolen by some bastard-- followed by nursing my bruises with pints at Ale & Wich). Anyway, I just picked up a Monocog 29er -- back to being fully rigid for the time being
is there room for a bash ring on a monocog? i figure because it is a singlespeed specific bike, you may need to change up the crank set up to have something to bolt the bash ring to. i'm sure someone else will know better than i about the monocog in particular.
my singlespeed was built up from a geared bike, so i had kept the old cranks on there and replaced the large ring with a bashring (so i didnt have to buy cranks or change them, i just tossed on a new outerring.
but with the way the monocog is set up, i don't know if you would necessarily 'need' a bash ring. if you really feel the need to have one - i use a race face - works nice. but for the monocog, i would personally pass on a bash ring.
I've returned to mountainbiking after a 10-year break. (My earlier experience was in college @ R. U. where I fondly recall buzzing the ecological preserve on my fully rigid trek 930 -- later stolen by some bastard-- followed by nursing my bruises with pints at Ale & Wich). Anyway, I just picked up a Monocog 29er -- back to being fully rigid for the time being
You don't really need the bashguard for the Monocog. I have the Monocog 29er and there is enough clearance on that bike.
But if you do add a bashguard, you are going to need longer chainring bolts.
Enjoy the Monocog!
phathucker
New Member
i like the plastic bash guards better, It sounds contradictive but ive tried the raceface ones and if you hit rocks you can feel the bash guard transferring the energy straight to the crank. I have an e-13, and you can feel the plastic absorbing some of the impact.