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Re: pic: 1726 week 4

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Why not use two idlers rather than the curved plastic? It'd be a lot more efficient.
The curved plastic is UHMW Polyethylene chain guide from McMaster. It is very light and has very little friction on the chain. Using idlers would have placed the top length of the chain a lot higher up from the frame, and would have been very difficult to mount.

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