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messenger chainrings are notoriously not quite round. turn your bike upside down, turn the chainring slowly and check your chain tension is consistent.
you need to set the chain tension to be correct when the chainring is at it's furthest point away from the rear cog (i.e. tightest position). Otherwise you'll stretch the chain and get loose rollers = noisy chain.