Truvativ XO chain guide - Sea Otter Day 2 by mikelevy

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dugglesthemuddled (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:14)

Im sorry but this is a load of rubbish, why would MRP let SRAM effictively steal all their sales, they could be making 100% profit instead of SRAM taking a cut. Im also tired of the lack of innovation with these things. A chainguide is not a difficult component to design. Can they please cut the BS and just sell it for what it is.

Edparn (Apr 16, 2011 at 5:20)

When you take a modern fork apart you see what you're paying for but chain guides are basically that product that you need but feel like you could have made yourself.

sam264 (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:40)

that's why i have superstar chain guides on both my bikes, they do the same thing as any other chain guide, but cost a lot less (and maybe weigh a little more, but the money goes where it counts)

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ctd07 (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:42)

lol, 'duggles' you dumb ass! SRAM haven't stolen sales, they've just bought thousands of G2's off them and rebadged them, so now MRP don't have to bother trying to sell them to the consumer themselves and have just had their sales boosted massively no doubt! - its called business and its what makes the world go round, get used to it!

p.s. MRP guides are by far the best designed, manufactured and functioning guides out there!

manchicken (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:51)

well i dont know much about chainguides over the years design wise but from what ive seen, everybodys just followed e-thirteen or mrp

timfrancis (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:08)

What i'd like to see is an e-13/MRP guide that can cope with 34-38 tooth... Guess for business reasons they won't produce this!

manchicken (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:11)

doubtful to be honest, you might get lucky though.

tomer4eva (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:53)

Looks so good! When will they start selling those?

poundsand (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:27)

they already do sell them... they just dont say truvativ or xo on them because they are called mrp g2s... i guess sram wanted something else on a bike that would match the derrailleurs and shifters

crazymac1 Plus (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:28) (Below Threshold) show comment

Mrp guides suck end of story get a gaumet or a stratline guide!!!! Big Grin

z-man (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:21)

I'm not a big fan of intigrated bash guards. Not keen on cracking my iscg tabs clean off my frame. Not to mention there's no need to have a roller that moves. Its just another moving part to get clogged and jam up.

sam264 (Apr 16, 2011 at 19:37)

does that even happen? (having your iscg tabs being knocked off your frame), if so, i guess BB mount is the way forward Wink

(seriusly though, i've never had a problem with it)

Waldon83 (Apr 16, 2011 at 23:51)

TimFrancis

I have a MR.P G2 with a 40T ring. Works fine, better than my old e13 LG1 which smashed to oblivion one day, literally

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brit-100 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:37)

But is this the first step in Sram buying MRP from 'Whoever-The-Hell-Owns-Them-Now'?

Sram have never had a high-end chain device before, so it'd make perfect sense to buy out MRP, just like they've done with RockShox/Avid/Truvative.

All they'd need then is to expand the Sram hub range, then get a rim/tyre company in house. WTB perhaps?

Edparn (Apr 16, 2011 at 5:17)

True. It won't be that long before they have a complete Sram X0 bike including X0 carbon frame. I'm going to bet it'll probably be pretty good but flipping expensive.

IH4LIFE (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:22)

WTB is a strong company by themselves I dont think they will be selling themselves anytime soon.

chrisbee (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:29)

well, that is what we thought of raceface. and have a guess...

NWray (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:42)

Race face didnt sell out, they went bankrupt due to bad business decisions here in canada Facepalm

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bungalowbill (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:54)

This is for posers who want a full matching X0 component range on their rig. Good for them, I however will stick to MRP and save a little cash.

It's funny how they never got Truvitiv to make one, considering their box guides were everywhere on mid range bikes at one point?

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shishka (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:28)

Yo e13 is going to come by the truvativ booth and mash a man up for jacking this design!!!!!

ORgrown420 (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:11)

this is an mrp design, mrp has been around longer then e13

seraph (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:12)

It's true that MRP has been around longer than E.13, but E.13 has had this design for longer than MRP has.

shishka (Apr 17, 2011 at 7:25)

if what your saying is true then I really don't give 2 shits but thanks anyway.

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bulldogg73 (Apr 16, 2011 at 5:26)

If they could now just lower the price for what is essentially one of the most overpriced pieces of kit we have on our bikes...who cares what name is one it.

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RockyMTBRules (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:22)

MRP wiht X0 stickers, fail, I bet that it is more expensive because it is written X0 on it

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airtym (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:02)

Very clean looking.

airtym (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:24)

No hate'n Mate.

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edd91 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:06)

Made by MRP, so basically a G2 with X0 slapped on

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K3ano (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:09)

Captain obvious to the rescue!

edd91 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:12)

hahaha yea

sniperbob02 (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:26)

its even writhen mrp on the back plate lol

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JoeyBratten (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:13)

its even got built my mrp on it lol

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djbruno (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:49)

hahahahhha thats not truvativ, it`s MRP.

unlike this things...

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seraph (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:11)

I wonder if they're going to release color-matched versions for the various shades of X.0.

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codered3 (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:52)

MRP SUCKS !!! Bought 2 chain G2 systems for me and the g/f. both systems cracked where the bottom roller is...Won't be buying MRP ever again...

MirrorEyes (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:27)

You must be tough on your shit. I know lots of people who have ran MRP chain guides and such, a one time buy for most of them because nothing goes wrong.

codered3 (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:14)

maybe

MirrorEyes (Apr 16, 2011 at 13:21)

You could have gotten like, defective products or something, maybe? Happens sometimes. I know it has happened to me, I've bought grips that have fallen apart within days, and online they have the greatest reviews.

codered3 (Apr 16, 2011 at 13:23)

yeah was pretty bumbed out about it.

nik-h (Apr 16, 2011 at 16:02)

My G2 did the same thing on a moderate impact when only a few weeks old. Then I got an E13 LG1 and smashed that into some stuff for two years until I sold the bike it was on and it still worked like new......

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Varaxis (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:37)

All this SRAM/Truvativ, MRP, and e13 talk is sounding more and more like fashion show talk...

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Caezar (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:26)

Looks just like my e13. Big fail. Probably cost more too.

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max14221 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:41)

sram is`trying world domination :-(

MirrorEyes (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:28)

They'll achieve it soon enough. Now they just need a company that makes good rims.

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bikesaremad (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:49)

LOL e-13 must be pissed looks the same as the lg1

NWray (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:43)

they have been making the G2SL for 3-4 years now smart ass, e-13 hasn't done shit cause they dont have a patent on the design,

NWray (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:54)

like i said, theres no patent for a reason, even if you look at the super star and dartmoor chain guides they look pretty much the same just sans(without) a taco

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redbrunet (Apr 16, 2011 at 5:44)

it does look like the e-13

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legendary-jdm (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:03)

WOWOW about time truvativ made a decent chainguide

seraph (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:12)

They didn't make this guide, MRP did.

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matthew10 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:08)

weight ?

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jclnv (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:34)

How does my 2x10 FD work with that?

seraph (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:11)

It doesn't.

ELLIS-831 (Apr 16, 2011 at 18:18)

single rings yay

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pokalface (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:40)

ahm truvativ,make the price lesser than the MRP

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kriiss (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:02)

I like it, but what's the price?

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saturnine (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:29)

mrp truvativ x.0

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WAKIdesigns (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:59)

No shait man! Offs...

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thatdude01 (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:21)

yeaa the E Thirteen LG1

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alxxx (Apr 16, 2011 at 6:46)

A copy of the mrp g2 sl.

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coreywillard (Apr 16, 2011 at 11:50)

looks like an e-13

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ajh4446 (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:06)

e13 much?!

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djbagines (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:15)

No MRP.

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spudlord (Apr 16, 2011 at 4:15)

fail

piehouserat (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:02)

even though this is essentially a MRP G2SL with different logos which has been out for a while, the E13 LG1+ was out way before that and looks almost identical.

Right now I'm in the process of deciding whether to buy the MRP G2SL or the E13 LG1+ and to be honest I'd rather pay E13 as MRP basically copied almost every detail of their design.

WAKIdesigns (Apr 16, 2011 at 7:30)

These are both overpriced luxurious plastic toys. E13 is a bit better done, I got MRP and for that price you would expect it to be "stainless". In reality they didn't even bother to smoothen the cast grid connections. Pulley cover looks like someone broke it off the cast grid, instead of cutting off. Even the White one on the pic has the same issue. I'm not a satisfied customer... Not worth the money.

spiffy (Apr 16, 2011 at 8:22)

@ajh4446,

Did you read the article or do you normally not think before typing? Truvativ isn't hiding the fact that it is pretty much a G2SL, there is no reason to. MRP makes some great guides... like the article says, I'm hoping that this guide will be the first of many new dh products.

sniperbob02 (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:10)

mrp take more attention to details than e13 and the big thing that will make a difference between the xo and mrp will be the price and sponcer

bigburd (Apr 16, 2011 at 9:54)

Chain guides are one of the most over priced part on a mountain bike these days I think , bit of plastic, 3 bolts and a 3mm bit of alloy plate 100 pounds please Sir!

sniperbob02 (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:14)

true

baca262 (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:15)

@waki - so true. even the old LS1 i have costs way too much. well at least the bearing in it lasted 2 years without any cleaning.

WAKIdesigns (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:23)

@CarlosMC - I meant "stainless" without a stain, any imperfection. But your pic is just breaking my balls... how greedy prick you have to be to produce such thing with such nuts?! It doesn't cost a fortune to put aluminium ones... for that price Titanium is more than welcome... what a bunch of pricks to cut costs like that! Looking at simplicity of Gamut their price is striking too...

sniperbob02 (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:25)

yeah price is high since they know that you cant ride without Razz

WAKIdesigns (Apr 16, 2011 at 10:36)

no disrespect but if there is a thing in my bike that I could live without, it would be a chainguide Big Grin

dugglesthemuddled (Apr 16, 2011 at 16:23)

@ctd07

Im not a dumbass, your an angry person calm down. Personally I find no difficulty in getting my hand on an MRP they are an extremely well established and respected brand. I do not see why they would need SRAM to help get their product to market. IF just doesnt make sense, unless of course this X0 guide is more expensive you know, cos its XO and that means its shiny n good n stuff. That would expalain how both comapnies benefit.

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