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What's wrong with the chain itself? It's a KMC 1/8"
From a distance it looks like a 7$ chain for a kids bike. Get an e-bike chain or if you're stuck with 1/8" then get a legitimate track chain.
The slack chain is truly egregious, honestly... really. So maybe I'm being a bit judgemental, but these mid drive bikes need to be is perfect working order from the chainrings back through to the spokes. A huge amount of torque is put through them.
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Yeah the RRP on thoe KMC S1 chains is £8. They are really bad.
Get something EPT. PLS
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Get an e-bike chain or if you're stuck with 1/8" then get a legitimate track chain.
This one here seems to fit the bill? £50 tho, ffs...
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/kmc-e101-ept-single-speed-e-bike-chain
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Yeah for sure, it could just be all that shop has in stock, or worse, could be that they think its an OK quality product to put on a mid drive cargo :S
KMC Z1eHX EPT narrow or wide (proper mouthfull) are very good value at around £16 rrp, they handle mid drives well, last long enough and are very quiet. Seen some full scale track chains being used but often noisey unless your chainline is hermetically inline.
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What's wrong with the chain itself? It's a KMC 1/8".
It looks ok to me but open to other suggestions. I don't want the thing failing on me if I've got the motor running! I have a chain breaker now.