My personal opinion is that any carbon fiber bicycle should be equipped with a chain catcher as protection for the frame. A chain catcher is also good idea for any bike, regardless of construction, because it protects your painted finish, and it keeps you climbing up that hill rather than standing on the side of road, frustrated and getting your hands dirty as your cycling mates ride away. It has been modified to work with all well known groupsets with the exclusion of the electronic Campagnolo EPS. Similarly, some brands and types of chains are directional and designed to only work when installed a specific way. Chain Drop Solutions The Token Chain Drop Catcher is an inexpensive tool that eliminates the problem of crunching your chain expensively into the bike frame. It comes in four colours, doesn't cost much, and works.

No problem. Each shift onto each larger cassette cog on the rear wheel makes the pedaling a little easier. To get the easiest pedaling gear, the lowest one, shift all the way to the top/largest cog. Finance is subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. Performance Cycling Limited FRN: 720557 trading as Tredz are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We are a credit broker not a lender – credit is subject to status and affordability and is provided by Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC. Terms & Conditions Apply.Once fitted it soon blends in and so far have had no need of it. On the plus side if anything were to go wrong with the workings of my chain I now have the perfect ride partner to prevent any serious damage. It's not often you want to wish for some mechanical but in trying to re-create that scenario it has worked. A chain catcher is a simple tool that makes it impossible for the chain to fall off the small ring into the frame. Most of the time this is a harmless annoyance, but it can do real damage to the frame, particularly on carbon fibre bikes. Token's own example has been around a good while. A little internet research reveals hundreds of satisfied users. If there was a criticism it was that the anodised alloy mounting bolt was too soft and inclined to round off when being tightened. I had no such trouble with mine, so it may be that the latest iteration includes an upgraded bolt. The granting of a best price is not combinable with other promotions (e.g. "free articles) from Bike-Discount. If you're not sure about how to install it, follow this video. It's not on AXS groups but the installation process is the same.

And do make sure to fit the wedge (it should be provided; comes in 3 different sizes) behind the FD / between the FD and the frame, it helps the FD stay put under extreme shifting force. Swap crankset approaching 20,000 kms (sorry but your PM garbages accuracy badly as materials fatigue) Chain catchers are not perfect, however. It is possible to “beat them” if you do something seriously wrong, such as trying to shift into the small chain ring, under very high torque and/or while pedaling at a slow cadence. There is no replacement for good technique. For best shifting performance, anticipate those times when you may need to shift into the small chain ring, and do so before you need to. Most newer 1X drivetrains come with rear derailleurs with clutches in them. The clutch is a device that prevents the derailleur cage that holds the chain from swinging excessively over bumps. This helps keep the chain on. So, if you have a 1X bike that does not have a clutch rear derailleur, upgrading the rear derailleur to a clutch one can fix the problem. One of the “new” trends in cycling is the 1X (say “one-by”) drivetrain. On these there is only a single (one) chainring. This makes for easy, uncomplicated shifting. Need a lower, easier gear to fight a headwind or top a climb?I have 58-cm Venge Pro with a Quarq DFour91 power meter (Dura-Ace 9100 52/36T chainrings). I do experience chain drop on the inside occasionally when shifting to the small ring. When that happens, the chain falls into the gap between the frame and the small ring. I added a chain catcher to the FD hoping to prevent the chain from dropping inside but all that chain catcher did was to make it harder for me to pull the chain out of the gap after a dropped chain. The idea is when your chain is bouncing around there is less chance for it to come off altogether and do some serious damage to your frame. It provides peace of mind. This particular example from K-Edge is well made and above all, easy to fit. The braze-on model has been designed to look good, work well but with minimal installation. The same chain drop also happened when the bike had the 11-speed Ultegra Di2 groupset. I suspect my issue has more to do with the semi-synchro shift mode that i have been using: when i shift to the small ring, the RD automatically shifts two cogs. In use the Token worked faultlessly. My chainset is inclined to drop the chain once every hundred shifts or so, usually when I've done something clumsy. I road-tested it in some very demanding terrain, including both directions over the Bealach na Ba in northwest Scotland, and had no trouble. Verdict