Originally Posted by
samburger
What's the deal with all the chain guide threads lately? I don't think I had ever seen a single one up until a few weeks ago, & now there have been three in a few weeks.
Not trying to call you out or anything Jameson, just a strange observation.
What he's after is a chain tensioner - not a chain guide like on a multi geared setup. Very related, but not at all the same things.
Re: more chain guide topics. With the advent of 11-36 cassette availability that isn't the crappy low level shimano one or the stupid expensive SRAM one (as in, you can get one on mounted on a spider, and under $100) more and more riders I see are swapping to single ring front seatups.
Most bikes doing that will need some form of chainguide, even if just a bash/Jump-Stop setup.