Chain guide

A chain guide comprising:

• a guide shoe having a slidingly-contacting surface on a front side for a running chain to be in sliding contact thereon;
• and a base member having a shoe support surface for supporting a backside of the guide shoe along a longitudinal guiding direction, the guide shoe and the base member being united by being integrally formed,
• the guide shoe having a shoe rib formed on the backside to extend in the longitudinal guiding direction,
• the base member having a base groove formed in the shoe support surface to extend in the longitudinal guiding direction, the base groove being configured to engage with the shoe rib such that the shoe rib is movable relative to the base member in the longitudinal guiding direction and restricted from moving in a width direction, wherein
• the chain guide includes a fixed engaging part where the guide shoe engages with the base member such that the guide shoe is restricted from moving in the longitudinal guiding direction relative to the base member, and a movable engaging part where the guide shoe engages with the base member such that the guide shoe is movable in the longitudinal guiding direction relative to the base member, and
• the chain guide includes a molding gate mark positioned at or near the fixed engaging part.