Originally Posted by
Tandem Tom
Andy,
Your response has raised a question for me. On my wife's touring bke she has a Rohloff. What is the proper amount of tension?
None, really.
However: Chainrings are rarely perfectly concentric with the crank so if you put the bike on the work stand and spin the cranks you will notice some difference in chain tension as the crank rotates. Find the place where the chain tension is tightest and adjust it so that it's just barely taut at that point.
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