Originally Posted by
samkl
Loop on the chainstay is to protect the chainstay from chain slap. But judging by all the scratches on my 1000’s right chainstay, it was better in theory than practice.
TRUTH.
Mom mine it appears to have caught the chain underneath that loop and went unnoticed for a couple yards. The chain had started to saw through the underside of that braze on! Luckily the chain stay is unscathed other than a little paint scuffage!