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Why? Measuring at the wheel is fine, you only have to keep the chain and sprockets somewhat clean to maintain precision, and having the chain in play as a pure-tensile load transfer mechanism eliminates the errors which any pedal/crank/spider based system can suffer from off-axis loads.