Originally Posted by
LeaderBike
Dear roadfix,
These are the same tensioners we have used on over 2,000 time trial 780tt, 735tt, and 730tt frames. Sorry but we have never had any problems and do not expect any in the future. We did make them removable in case anyone wants to use the external mounted model but we doubt it will be necessary.
Brian
That's because those bikes have derailleurs. So there's naturally chain slack in the system.
pull on the derailleur cage, loosen the tension on the chain and pop off the wheel.
So, now try to do that without a derailleur and then you'll agree that your dropout design is ********.