Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - newbie chain tensioner conversion question

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neogenetik
02-19-08, 06:03 PM
Hey i have a road fixed gear conversion non-horizontal drop-outs
i was wondering if its possible to put a chain tensioner on it
and if so how?

Straws
02-19-08, 06:06 PM
if it's actually a fixed gear, no. At least not for long.

if it's a single speed, yes.
Sizzle-Chest
02-19-08, 11:13 PM
First, the idea behind a chain tensioner is to keep a wheel from moving horizontally. With vertical dropouts, like yours, a wheel cannot move horizontally and so a chain tensioner is not necessary.

If your asking about using a hanger that takes up the excess tension in a chain on a singlespeed, then Straws is correct, you can only use that on a singlespeed. If you put it on fixed gear bike the hanger would break almost immediately.

trons
02-20-08, 12:00 AM
If you put it on fixed gear bike the hanger would break almost immediately.

not quite.. it would fail when you put back pressure on