Chain covers are a great way to protect your bikes drive train, but more importantly, a
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Chain Covers Explained
If you transport your bike in a car, keep it in your house, apartment, or dorm room, or travel with your bike, a
A chain covers core functionality is to keep grease, dirt, and gunk off everything while protecting the bikes drive train. As an added bonus is the cover will keep the teeth of your front chainring and rear derailleur from ripping or scraping anything it might come in contact with. Think leather car seats, gear packed in your bike bag, or anything that might fall into when stored in your house.
It works by putting nylon or heavy-duty fabric cover around the cranks, chain, rear derailleur, and sometimes the rear cassette.
This cover keeps your bike drive train from getting grease and road muck on anything it could come in contact with.
Chain covers can be road or mountain bike specific and come in a few different styles. Here are some of the better products we have found.
EVOC Chain Cover
Our first

Chain Cover on a bike in a travel case:

My Testing & Experience
Below is a road bike
The
The fabric is a heavy-duty nylon that is abrasion and tear-resistant and is coated in polyurethane.
You will notice something that looks like a handle on the right-hand side, this opening is for the pedal and cranks to go through.

Below is me installing the
The crank side of the cover fits great, it is the rear derailleur side of the cover that has a little bit of trouble.
On my bike there is a rear cable that pops out, making it difficult to completely cover everything the way it was designed.
Below you will notice how the rear cable is not underneath the cover. Two of the images show the cover with the wheel on, the last two images show the cover with the wheel off.
Below are two images showing the cable tucked into the
If I were to use this
Key Specifications & Details
- Retail Price: $30
- Dimensions: 25.59 inches by 10.63 inches
- Official Product Page: EVOC Road Chain Cover
- Evoc Item Number: 100518100
EVOC Mountain Bike Chain Cover
Now we get to the
EVOC travel case:
My Testing & Experience
So to see exactly how well the
The first set of images shows the
The last image shows the velcro straps, the fold that wraps around the chain, and the protective fabric that goes between the chain and the bike frame.
Here is the
The first two images show the cover on the bike with the wheel on. As you can see, it will fit but it does not cover the rear cassette.
EVOC MTB
EVOC MTB
Next I put the cover on with the wheel removed. This is most likely how you will be using it. Rear Wheel removed and in a travel case. For my bike and drive train everything fit nice an snug.
EVOC MTB
EVOC MTB
EVOC MTB
Key Specifications & Details
- Retail Price: $30
- Construction: Heavy-duty nylon coated with polyurethane. Abrasion and tear-resistant.
- Dimensions: 25.59″ by 10.63″
- Official Product Page: EVOC MTB Chain Cover
- Evoc Item Number: 100519100
SCICON Chain Cover
The SCICON

The
Not sure how big of a front chainring it will fit or how well it will fit a mountain bike or road bike.
If you are not familiar with SCICON they make some of the best bike travel bags and work with some of the best cyclists in the world.
SCICON Rear Bike Cover
This option is a little different from the others in that it covers the entire rear wheel and drivetrain.
M-Wave Rotterdam Chain Cover
The M-Wave
We were not able to find lots of information about

My Testing & Experience
To see what the M-Wave as all about I ordered it from Amazon, the images below show what it looks like packaged and then when the cover is opened up.
My first impression is that the cover is much larger and will have plenty of size to cover the bikes chain, front cranks, rear derailleur, and cassette.
After opening the package it was time to test it out. The instructions that come with the
The material is not as strong and heavy duty as the
Key Specifications & Details
- Retail Price: 24.29
- Dimensions: 16″ by 12″
- Official Product Page: Could not find one
- M-Wave Item Number: 122400