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UNTIL SIX OR SO YEARS AGO, NOISY DRIVETRAINS AND dropped chains were an inescapable part of mountain biking, and the cacophony of chainslap was widely accepted as the soundtrack to every rowdy descent. Rattling through rock gardens was a regular occurrence, and the then-ubiquitous neoprene chainstay protectors were essential to

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