Rotor Chain Catcher anyone?
12-17-09, 07:10 AM
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Rotor Chain Catcher anyone?
Quite new on the market, has anyone demo'd or had any experience with the Rotor Chain Catcher?
Your thoughts?
https://velonews.competitor.com/2009/...nd-more_101944
Your thoughts?
https://velonews.competitor.com/2009/...nd-more_101944
12-17-09, 07:24 AM
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It looks like a clever enough gadget. It is limited to use with braze-on front derailleurs as I assume it is held in place by the bolt that fastens the fd to the braze-on tab or the clamp-on adapter and. It's weight (6 gm claimed) is certainly low enough and the price ($25) is not too bad even if higher than it's competitors like the Third Eye and N-Gear chain watchers
I wonder if it's rigidly enough mounted to not get pushed aside if a chain really does pop off, particularly if used on a triple.
I wonder if it's rigidly enough mounted to not get pushed aside if a chain really does pop off, particularly if used on a triple.
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it would be nice if they showed a pic of how this thing mounted. is it for road, MTB or both?
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It has to be for road bikes. First, MTB's rarely, if ever, use braze-on front derailleurs and second, the reference to the Cervelo Test Team implies strictly road bikes.
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Here is a similar chain catcher mounted.
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OH OK thanks now I get it. I thought it was mounting on the long skinny end.
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6 grams and $25 seems like an extremely reasonable insurance policy. If I had a high end bike shop, I'd be throwing these on everything I sold.
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I didn't want to end up with such damage, so I ended up making my own device, based on formed wire ones pro mechanics had been using for years. I could have saved myself a lot of trouble had I known the K-Edge or Rotor was out there. Anyway, the previously idle CNC machine was put to use:
Link here
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