DCDs ? (Daves Chain Device) ? where are they all ?

[magicmistertea]

i was just wondering what happened to al the DCDs (Daves Chain Device) ?

I suspect that people realised they didnt do that much so stopped using them.... i dont ever see any on bikes posted in this forum.
but in the early 90s loads of people used them, i seem to remember them being a cool extra bit of bike bling !!!!
i was a young teenager in the early 90s were they just cool to me because i was young ?
does anyone still use them ? pics please ( just for the hell of it) ?

EDIT ... poll added for a bit of fun.. (im bored and its sunday)

 

[legrandefromage]

I think I've got two hanging around - I'll fit one to a suitable bike and take a pic.

I prefered the Ging tensioner...

 

[mattbrown]

they were cool, and MK2 where better - didnt make so much noise - i had a gold one, but ive never seen a gold one since

 

[kaiser]

They were cool, nicely priced wee trinket that everyone in the mags seemed to have. Imagine my dissapointment when it didn't fit my dales chainstay :cry: had to malky it with a hammer.

 

[REKIBorter]

I always found them too noisy, would rather have chain slap any day

 

[Caramba Kid]

I have a NIB Mr Crud DCD, came free with loads of other parts when I bought the Vit T last week

 

[lewis1641]

I hated them. Really really not cool. They can single handedly destroy the lines of any bike.back in the day i didn't like them either. Just seemed too see through that all the mbuk crew had them and they were pally with the manufacturers. I guess they had their place on downhill bikes but not xc

 

[tintin40]

utter rubbish.

 

[danpiero]

i have still got one on my GT LTS that i used for downhill racing back in '96. i think that on downhill bikes they were a good idea but maybe not as much for x-country . but then more sophisticated chain devices came along and i guess they became redundent .