O-chain on a Rise

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On an enduro or downhill bike they have benefits. Almost wasted money on a ebike unless your having huge pedal kickback issues. Most motors have a freewheel at the crank spider so their chainring works similarly to the o-chain
 

marwallace

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Feb 22, 2023
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On an enduro or downhill bike they have benefits. Almost wasted money on a ebike unless your having huge pedal kickback issues. Most motors have a freewheel at the crank spider so their chainring works similarly to the o-chain
on normal bikes you have a freewheel too in the hub. and in motors you have one or two freewheels. but all these freewheels have the same "problem". when you stop paddeling the freewhell stops at a certain point. and if this point is exactly the point of contact of the ratchet then you have kickback.
yes o-chain is similar to a freewheel with ONE important difference. the four springs inside turn the o-chain the farest away from the contact point every time you stop paddeling. so o-chain makes a difference on an ebike too.
only when you're hard on the paddle you get kickback, but that is on a normal bike with o-chain the same. i have ridden the o-chain on an ebike and it makes a difference.
 
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