Bashguards are as essential as 700mm+ riser bars, stubby stems, at least 200mm disc rotors and gravity dropper style seatposts.
You just can't ride without at least 4 out of 5 of the above.
I ain't got any 
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Bashguards - Cool or Fool
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Posted 2 years ago #
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bashguards shouldn't really be needed at all running a 36T ring (unless you ride trials or DH) IMO. a guide plate however is very important to keep the chain from falling off the outside if you plan on riding anything even vaguely rough quickly.
got a 22/36 set-up on my hardtail with a skinny superlight BBG 32T bash on as a guide ring, it physically can't hit anything as the diameter is a few mm less than the chainring teeth. never drops a chain tho.
Bashrings on my DH bikes (3) all take a battering tho (v.low BB race bikes) bent a fair few alloy bashguards and cracked an E13 in half.
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I took the big ring off because:
It was making a mess of my leg.
teeth were ground off.
I hardly used it.However, I've not replaced it with a bash guard, don't see the point apart from on a low BB DH bike. There's so much clearance now, I'm unlikely to ever bash the chainrings. I don't really care that it looks a bit crap, it works.
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I got one on my toy bike because I kept bashing my outer chain ring (mainly when messing doing local street riding). It has taken a few knocks so has proved useful. My bike does have a pretty low BB though (Blur 4X).
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Meant to get one to fit in place of my outer chainring in Spain last yr. Scraped the chainring a few times, so will make more effort to get one sorted next time I go. Really don't need the big ring, there.
Just means I won't be worrying about clattering into things, that i probably would do if I didn't have the bashguard on.
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eve libertine doesnt even use chainring bolts let alone a bash!
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That's so that if the chainring does hit an obstacle it can rotate out of the way rather than hanging up or bending. Effin' 'core.
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LOL
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hijack - anyone got a 5 arm CD, 36t bash for sale?
martinddd AT hotmail.co.uk
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GW wrote, "a guide plate however is very important to keep the chain from falling off the outside if you plan on riding anything even vaguely rough quickly."
Nah, not really, I've never dropped the chain once since I went to 2-ring despite riding both fast and rough. I did drop it a couple of times when I first built it as a lash-up but getting the front mech just right and shortening the chain seems to have made all the difference.
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Andy_M
you ride a ss with a posh trouser guard therfore you can be forgiven your oingly boingly indescretions on the chase and be classified as nichemongerwhore if you really want?
the main thing is to ride bikes and have fun (and take the piss out everyone and everything)
Posted 2 years ago # -
qwerty, search the classifieds for the guy doing ti bashrings, he might have something.
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@qwerty $18 brand new with shipping BBG Bashguards
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So are you saying that by adjusting the mech and shortening the chain, I can lose my 36 bash ring? Coool!
But I thought the mech had to slightly overshift to work - might that not throw the chain?
BTW - where are 3 out of 4 of your chainring bolts Eve?
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Well, i'm saying it works for me, you might be more core than me
But when you think about it, how often do you lose the chain off either end of a triple? It's no different. For downhilling, sure, but then downhillers don't usually have doubles anyway.
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I operate a gash guard.
It's well XXXC. Must be worth the money (a fiver) for the number of scrapes it's got.
If you don't need a big ring, just do it.
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I have a twin ring no bash set up and I don't drop the chain or hit the chainring. Not the gnarliest of riders but I do ride over some fairly rough terrain
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I kept breaking teeth on my big chainring (partly thanks to my numpty riding admittedly), which at £35 a pop soon wore thin. I fitted a 36T middle ring plus a bashring and never looked back.
On a minor point, a bashring means fewer leg gouges when crashing your bike too.
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My bashguard keeps my chain on with my 1x9 set up and also keeps my leg from getting cut up on my chainring.
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Unless it's a race bike I can't see the need for a triple ring really - bash is much more practical.
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The fashion police don't let you into the Cwmcarn car park without one do they?
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BTW - where are 3 out of 4 of your chainring bolts Eve?
After taking the photo, I had to rumage around for short chain ring bolts and I adjusted the front mech (not essential, it works without adjusting the front mech).
However, like Northwind and TJ, I don't experience any chain drop with a double chain ring setup without a bash ring. A bash ring makes it all look nice and neat, I suppose, but it's not essential. I like to play on slow speed silly techy rocks at places like Stainburn, if you take away the big chain ring, you are very unlikely to bash anything.Posted 2 years ago # -
Isn't that big cog on the outside used to protect the other cogs? Never had any other use for it.
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The guy at LBS had to be taken to hospital and have his leg stitched extensivley due to the outer chainring slicing his leg during a crash.
He never rides without a bash now.Posted 2 years ago # -
Ouch
All these slow riders on here who never use the big ring... *tuts*Posted 2 years ago #
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