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Grand Junction is the home of Mountain Racing Products (MRP), a company that deserves a good portion of the credit for progressing chainguide technology to where it is today. MRP's story dates back to the mid-90s, when it operated under the name Mountain Speed in Portland, Oregon, selling spring upgrade kits for the early RockShox forks. Chainguides entered the mix in 1997, consisting of CNC'd aluminum plates with bright orange rollers that soon became the company's calling card..