Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Chain Tensioners

I was checking out the chain tensioners on this site that somebody suggested a few days ago.

http://www.danscomp.com/

can somebody recomend one. My girlfriend would like to use it on her Fuji Track SE.

Thanks,
David J.

I have the MKS NJS tensioners. I love them. If they fit your bike, they rule. I have heard that other people are haveing trouble putting these on their bikes though.

You can get them at businesscycles.com.

I'll get back to you in a couple days. My Redlines are on the way.

I'm think I will try this one:

DEMOLITION CHAIN ADJUSTER #440095 $11.99

it looks to be machined well.

-David J.

The MKS do indeed fit the Fuji Track...I know 'cause I had them on mine before I sold it. They work great, too.

be careful with some of the bmx tensioners. bmx bikes tend to have longer dropouts than trackbikes. you may run out of dropout before yr chain is properly tensioned.

does anyone know if the mks would fit a khs flite100??

does anyone know if a MKS fit a 2003 bianchi pista without filing/thinning the edge of dropouts?
(I suspect it can be made to fit, just like to know if there is any effort involved)

I don't know about the MKS, but I've heard a bunch of people say the Redlines fit the Pista very well.

About the MKS and your questions. Send me a pic and measurements (thickness, height) of your dropouts and I'll compare them to my IRO ones which fit the MKS tensioners.

from what i understand the mks tensioners fit most dropouts, except maybe hooded ones, like the sub 11 (surly) dropouts. i think john from businesscycles says something about this on his website.

Here are some pics I just took so you can see MKS...if you have trackends/dropouts that are 6mm or less thick, then MKS wil be dandy.

Oops, make that 5mm or less!

Where would you recommend purchasing the MKS?

go to www.businesscycles.com he (john) has great customer service.

Yes, definitely businesscycles.com. John is great to deal with! He also has this nice KMC chain for 3/32 drives. Tough as Slayer.

The redline tenstioners are excellent, esp for the $$$.

I don't know about the MKS, but I've heard a bunch of people say the Redlines fit the Pista very well.

Maybe, but compared to MKS, they all look like cheap crud to me (except surly tuggnut offcourse).

Here are some pics I just took so you can see MKS...if you have trackends/dropouts that are 6mm or less thick, then MKS wil be dandy.

How did you take those beutiful pictures. Everytime I attempt a closeup with the nikon digital thingie the light reflects off of metal in weird ways.

How did you take those beutiful pictures. Everytime I attempt a closeup with the nikon digital thingie the light reflects off of metal in weird ways.

When I do close-ups, I turn the strobe off and use a couple of incandescent lamps. The auto white balance seems to compensate well enough.

Jim

I just got lucky I suppose - put them on an orange file folder then placed near a window and used macro/close-up setting on Cannon Powershot...a few with flash didn't turn out well. Point & shoot for me since I'm not a photography buff.

I just got my Redlines in yesterday and slapped 'em on. I like them a lot. They're light, easy to adjust, and I think the black ones fit my bike very well, aesthetically speaking. And they were $10.

I don't know what else to ask for, besides a rounder chainring. I never realized how oblong that damn thing is until I was able to get the chain so toight.