Are chain tensioners bad for your bike?
09-01-10, 07:48 PM
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So... for us unlucky people without built-in tensioners in our bikes... recommend some good ones.
I was changing my rear tube yesterday and having a pair of tensioners would've saved me a minute or two of fiddling around while reinstalling the wheel.
I was changing my rear tube yesterday and having a pair of tensioners would've saved me a minute or two of fiddling around while reinstalling the wheel.
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I use and like the Surly tugnut, which fits on the right side. A left side adjuster is unnecessary. Once you've figured out the proper adjustment, you can remove and install it w/o re-adjustment. When you tighten the right side axle nut, the wheel will straighten out and center itself and the you simply tighten the left side axle nut. If for some reason your wheel is not centered after tightening the right side, you can still force it to center before tightening the the left side nut. Oh, and it includes a bottle opener, how cool is that!
09-01-10, 08:19 PM
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The Origin 8's were $ 8.95 off ebay, they are designed to be installed on the outter side of the track ends. On mine they fit on the inner side and installed just fine though, taking the place of any washer spacers that were there.
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https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...an-I-get-these
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09-01-10, 10:08 PM
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I had totally different reasons in mind. Where I used to jump my bike about 10 feet in the air and land flat bottom on wood or concrete sometimes, the result was wheel movement. Once bmx switched to 14mm axles this was pretty much solved. Even with dropouts that were dead flat you could move the wheel because you never landed with both wheels, you try to land and at an angle.
I do not jump my current track bikes 10 feet to flat or with insane lateral loads landing a 380 or 320 that was supposed to be a 360. Or an abubaca on a fence, etc. etc.
I have no tensioners on my current bikes and have no need for them.
I do not jump my current track bikes 10 feet to flat or with insane lateral loads landing a 380 or 320 that was supposed to be a 360. Or an abubaca on a fence, etc. etc.
I have no tensioners on my current bikes and have no need for them.
https://mywisdomquest.com/wp-content/...6/potholes.jpg
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https://www.g7uk.com/day/1003/pothole...ard-700-01.jpg
The one I hit was in a park with no lighting and I had no lights on the bike, actually one of my more "blonde moments" while riding a bike. But had the county park been maintaining the roadway, the pothole would've never been there. Funny, this park has a 9 hole golf course that's maintained meticulously, but the roadways inside it are a mess. But how to describe both 700x25's going thru that pothole unexpectedly ? Figure I'm fortunate the tires didn't blow out, rims and or frame didn't bend and I didn't crash as fast as I was pedaling thru the park. Now adays I ride a route slower, learn the road conditions so I know what to pretty much expect day to day.
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https://www.origin-8.com/product_deta...ter&cl1=CHAINS
The Origin 8's were $ 8.95 off ebay, they are designed to be installed on the outter side of the track ends. On mine they fit on the inner side and installed just fine though, taking the place of any washer spacers that were there.
Original thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...an-I-get-these
The Origin 8's were $ 8.95 off ebay, they are designed to be installed on the outter side of the track ends. On mine they fit on the inner side and installed just fine though, taking the place of any washer spacers that were there.
Original thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...an-I-get-these
09-02-10, 12:22 AM
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09-03-10, 11:26 AM
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09-04-10, 09:29 AM
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doesnt rub either 
I do miss my carnival cranks
lost one half of them
I do miss my carnival cranks
lost one half of them
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