Chain guide on 1x setup?

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techno
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Chain guide on 1x setup?

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Does anyone bother with something like this On their 1x setup?

https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/componen ... ide-p15620
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Nope, not needed in my experience*.

[*currently running 1x on my gravel, 29er ht, rigid 29+, fatty and full-sus bikes so a wide range of applications, terrain and levels of abuse]
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No, not on my 'cross, hardtail or hybrid commuter
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Re: Chain guide on 1x setup?

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Since the advent of narrow/wide chainrings, clutch rear derailleurs and later and especially Eagle drivetrains I've not used nor needed one.

In very rough situations I very rarely (like 4 x a year) notice kind of a chain slip on the Eagle system, something I can only provoke with my 160 mm 29" full sus though. I simply can't ride fast enough in rough stuff on my other bikes to get this.

Before I started riding with Eagle drivetrains though, I'd rarely get chain drops. A few times a year only. Those rare occasions didn't suffice to justify a chain guide.
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I use something like that by Paul Components on a Rohloff bike that uses s chain tensioner rather than an adjustable system.
I used to drop the chain a few times a year. Now I don't. They're cheap and light and work.
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use the pauls one as for some reason my 11 speed one on my FS [ clutch mech and narrow wide chainring] always drops the chain on rough stuff

Not needed on any of my other setups

they work IME but may not be needed
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Full on DH style riding maybe... not for your average bit of trail though.
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I've yet to drop a chain when using a Narrow-Wide chainring either with or without a clutch mech. That includes some Alpine descents and following rather rapid folk down rocky trails. Nearly all of the distance has been on hardtails or rigids with only a little on FS so I can't comment too well on that score but if Gian states he rarely drops a chain doing the rides he does then I doubt it's much of an issue in the real world.
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Just fitted one of them to a drive train that wouldn't behave on a gravel bike. Not a n/w chain ring but the chain guide was the cheaper option!
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Re: Chain guide on 1x setup?

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That's reassuring, thanks guys.
I may fit one in the future as a dropped chain (on an alfine setup ffs) caused me a nasty accident requiring surgery this time last year. But now I feel there's less need to rush :-bd
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