Originally Posted by
Lomaxfairchild
The tensioner is only there to help with the fold - the belt is kept on the rear sprocket by the snubber wheel you can see in the second pic. It's the same method Ben from Kinetics uses on his Brompton conversions and seems to work fine
Yes, I know what Ben Cooper of Kinetics does.
But I doubt that it provides the belt tension specified by Gates?
If not, it can "work" = no tooth jump, but the belt and sprocket might wear faster.