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DIY CHAIN GUARD $2 PLUS

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  1. try cleaning the CR, cluster, and pulley wheeels with a chunk of used
    upholstrey foam dragged across the teeth parallel to the axle with
    thinner for drying gring compound lube and not with fresh contaminated
    lube

  2. Chain guards prolong chain life and riding enjoyment!
    These here instruction translated from the N. Korean by blue staters
    take two auto hose clamps to fit downtube and poly bottle, ex. gallon
    water jug. cut 'Z' shape from the poly with the middle rectangle at 90
    degrees to the 'Z' ends.size the outside rectangles at 2" wide by 5"
    long and the middle rectangle at 2"x the distance between chainrings
    outside and the opposite downtube side.or cut a 'Z' then fiddle with it

    in place. turn the first cutting 90 degrees in your hand and place the
    bottom rectangle before the chainrings' front opposite the front tire's

    rear. the bottom rectangle covers the chainrings front bottom half or
    more, the middle rectangle's length crosses over and reaching upwards
    covers the downtube, the upper rectangle's length is two inches or to
    fit. mount the 'Z' under the upper hose clamp and over the bottom hose
    clamp now an adjuster slid up and under the upper rectangle fit under
    the upper hose clamp. the jug's curves form a shape for the third or
    fourth cutting attempt.also, a supermarket rubbing alcohol bottle top
    with tab mounted on seat tube protects the front deray mechanism. a 1/4

    bottle side with the vertical side chainside and larger area opposite
    the rear tire's top front mounted at seatstays deflects chain bound and

    front deray bound sand and grit.

    The poly bottle shape is one leg over the CR's width
    One leg over to the down tube
    One leg up the down tube to fit under one clamp

    The top shoulder of the gallon poly bottle gives a rear seat stay
    mounted grit deflector.
    Cut across the bottle horizontally two inches below the top
    shoulder's curve as the bottle head upward to the bottle's opening
    (where the fluid goes in)
    And a parallel cut four inches above the cut just made.
    Cut an opening for your rear tire using a template marked off from the
    tire's actual max width side to side ( allowing for the 6mm of wobble
    yawl left in there) this here cut going into the center of the piece.

    I azzzum there's a metal piece from stay tp stay just above the tire
    with a hole in it-mount there using a correctly sized fender washer.
    If not a metal connector tube then cut two small rectangles of whatever

    light material you have laying under the bench. Clamp pieces together
    and drill small holes inboard the stays plus the guard's hole in the
    pieces center and use this piece as a stay mount for the poly guard.

    The bottle shoulder poly guard's "legs" point either forward or
    rearward depending on the prevailing wind direction in your locale.

    This is not as effective as a completely boxed in chain container-such
    a container giving eternal chain life if you want to get off that wheel

    but it takes only a relaxing creative hour and is highly effective for
    extending chain life.

    One can then ride for more than 5 miles and still have a freshly
    cleaned and lubed chain feel.

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