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Internet witch hunts are chicken shit. please show proper respect.

You are right. I deleted my drunken rant from last night as it's embarrassing. I was an asshole. I have called Digger and apologised to him.

I'm going to log out now and keep it that way.

PinkBike reviewed it. It sounds decent enough (at that pricepoint) for shuttle/lift assist riding, but a bit portly if there's gonna be much climbing involved.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/airborne-toxin-review-2014.html

Have you looked for a used 26" AM bike? You could probably find a much lighter bike like a Rocky Slayer or something at that price point with better components that would make more sense for the majority of riding that you'll be doing, and can still handle the occasional day in the bikepark.

Ask me about KUYSS?

KYUSS SCHMYUSS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FjO3E8K-E

Ive seen all 4 episodes. Quality is fine.

Must have just been where I had a look then. The picture was ok, but the dialogue was definitely out of time so I figured I'd wait a day or two and see if I could find a better upload of episode 1.

First 4 episodes of Season 5 have been leaked and are available to download.

I had a look at that yesterday. "Apparently" the quality is poor, and the dialogue is slightly out of sync.

Thanks again for the info folks. I just got back from a ride with a buddy who has been running a 32t N/W with no guide (or bash) for a few months and he hasn't dropped a chain yet, so I think I'll see how I get on with just a bash ring.

I thought the whole point of a narrow wide was to eliminate the need for guides and tensioners?

It is, but then you see the bike set-ups at enduro races where nearly everyone is using a guide as well, and you begin to wonder…

I am using mrp amg guide.

With a NW 30t ring? Do you get clearance on both ends of the cassette without the chain sliding against the guide?

if you're a weakling who rides at a moderate pace and doesn't race, you'll be fine with a clutch d and n/w ring

That's fighting talk! I'm a weakling on long boring forest service roads (or Old Fucking Buck), but not too bad on technical climbs. The technical climbs (where they exist on the Shore) are why I went with a 30t chainring. I'm a cack handed moderately/reasonably fast heavy lairy beast on the downs though. You should see my lines though, so so wrong, even when I try. And that's why I'm concerned about dropping a chain.

I hear a lot of people telling me that a guide won't be required, and they are probably correct. Then I read about worn rings and race scenarios (not that I race), and I hear otherwise. Thanks everyone for the replies. I emailed a local manufacturer a few minutes after starting this thread, asking the same question. They got back to me super pronto and it appears that something for this application is in the works. I'll give it a go without a guide (but with a bash) for a while and if that doesn't work I'll hack my old chain guide with a file, saw and some spacers to tide me over until the real thing is available.