Decided to totally upgrade my chain system. Dropped chains were starting to get annoying. I also added a bash guard to protect the chain ring.
Put a lot of research into picking the best components.
32 Tooth Raceface Narrow Wide chainring.
Zee derailleur with a clutch for better chain retention.
Blackspire Bruiser bottom bracket bashguard.
Ti nitride coated chain.
This chain system is totally silent, like you don't have a chain. I can't see it ever dropping a chain again.
Bash guard just sits below and in front of the small 32 tooth chainring for maximum ground clearance and still protects the chain ring. I scrapped some teeth of my old chainring without a bashguard. It's also nice not hearing that metallic scraping sound when you hit a rock.
Gold chain for added bling. Plus I figure the Ti coating will help protect from rust as I don't maintain or oil my chains much as I hardly peddle.
32 tooth narrow wide chainring, holds the chain tighter on the chain ring so it doesn't fall off or move around. Since we don't have room on the raptor for a Chain guide (chain guide will hit the swingarm), this is pretty much the best option we have. Probably works just as good as a chain guide anyway if you have a good clutch derailleur.
Issues: Zee derailleur will have to be slightly modified. Where the cable normally bolts at the very end will have to be bent or it may rub your hub motor. This is easily done by putting it in a vice and bending the tip by hand. You could always bend it back. In the pic below I showed in red where to place it in a vice and where to bend.
Bashguard is held on by the torque of the bottom bracket cup only. Will it move or loosen my bottom bracket cups from constant impact? I don't know and I wish I had an ISCG'05 mount.
Nice brand new chain line system.
Notice the bash guard right beneath the chain.
Bashguard attaches by removing one of your spacers. I could have placed it closer to chain ring by removing that spacer but decided to keep it keep it closer to the frame for less leverage on the bottom bracket when hitting it on something.
Look at the Zee derailleur clearance because of where you tighten the cable.
This was an old picture, but I bent that out. Where I put the red lines is where I placed it in a vice, make sure to keep the bolt tight, and just bent it away. Grab right below where it attaches to the vice to bend and not the derailleur.
It may still rub until you tension the derailleur to your chain.
