Ohio has healthier and more educated people with the West Virginia experience than West Virginia does . <| sep |> Yep . It sucks ass . <| sep |> T . Y . and Moncrief dropping easy passes . Tolzien playing pretty well . What am I watching ? <| sep |> WWE should sign Chicken Boo . <| sep |> I just hope for max stardust now . Ugh another Jynx , but 3200 stardust ! It ' s the only way I don ' t cry <| sep |> It is also possible that your freehub ' s ratcheting components are failing . Did you visually observe the skipping ? This will sound and feel very similar to a skipping chain from a rider ' s perspective , and they ' re another source of failure that ' s vulnerable to high powered middrives . Also , what wattage ? Once you ' re past a certain point , it takes some pretty specific stuff to withstand the power . Tough to say what that point is since bike parts aren ' t born equal . Generally speaking though , people running BBS 02 and even BBSHD power levels can use normal derailleur systems as long as they ' re not shifting under load . It ' s possible to use higher power than that on systems like the Tangent , LR Big Block and the high powered Cyclones through a standard drive train , but you had better have amazing shifting technique . Well , this is true of any bike . You can break chains or damage cassette teeth by shifting under load . Even putting a burr on the tip of a tooth can cause the chain to jump at that tooth and create skipping . Having a mid drive just makes doing this much easier . I ' m running 3 , 000 w on my LR big block using an 18 single speed chain and Nuvinci n 171 CVP hub has a reputation for being able to take power . Rohloff is capable of taking a lot of power , DT Swiss star ratchet hubs are bombproof , etc . Technically , none of these parts are rated for the power but they ' ve proven to handle it anyways . Most of your average bicycle drivetrain offerings will not withstand that level of power , let alone the bigger Cyclones .