Righto, did a wee ride tonight with clutch, works ring and no chainguide tonight- full 10-speed (Saint and XT). Chains dropped = 0.
Wasn’t the roughest of rides though so I can’t say too much, but it’s a good start. I’ve ridden the same bike, mech, chain, cassette and shifter with a standard E13 single ring and no device, and it didn’t work too well at all.
Won’t be out on this bike again til next week but I’m cautiously impressed. Plan is basically to ride it til the chain drops, if that doesn’t happen then send Works some more money for more rings and make a lot of noise about it 😉 If it does, then build me a minimalist chainguide and see if that’s enough.