multi tasking male Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 broke my deralier hanger so i shortedned the chain and was running 22-14 and then the chain streched and was loos, then changed to 22-16 and had to use a chain tesioner, its a single wheeled tesioner and i couldnt be bothered with a deralier haner so i cut the top bit in half (down to the top of second hole) then took the snaped half of the hanger off the frame and filed back the template for the hanger to go into on the frame so the nut would fit on. then just slid the hanger on and put the nut on and then when you tighten up the nut it pulls back the tesioner and made the chain tight, great succes !!! will try and get some pictures up soon. anyone else got any bodges they did to a chain tesioner ? post them if you did. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Don't get it Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Spoke tensioner > any other tensioner, ever. Can just about see it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Award for most useless photo of a spoke tensioner ever conceivable goes to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
club_card Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Bikes just look so much better without brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Spoke tensioner > any other tensioner, ever. although for chainwrap my upsidedown Kingz > spoke tensioner.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy83 Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 spellchecker might be usefull to you ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Award for most useless photo of a spoke tensioner ever conceivable goes to... The fact you can't see it is a good thing - that's what I was trying to get across. Instead of a mech hanger and a tensioner, it's just so simple and minimalist. Rowan - for chain-wrap, it's pretty decent. When I ran it on my 13t it was pretty much the same as not having one on there, still got a good amount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multi tasking male Posted March 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 The fact you can't see it is a good thing - that's what I was trying to get across. Instead of a mech hanger and a tensioner, it's just so simple and minimalist. Rowan - for chain-wrap, it's pretty decent. When I ran it on my 13t it was pretty much the same as not having one on there, still got a good amount ye i think chain tesioners do look prety gay. I am going to make one of those spoke tesioners some time soon. will get pics up when it is light. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Spoke tensioners are the way forward Heres mine on my 24UK: Cai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Is everyone just drilling an extra hole to mount a bolt or something for it to wrap around? Because there's certainly nothing suitable on my frame for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBazz (: Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Is everyone just drilling an extra hole to mount a bolt or something for it to wrap around? Because there's certainly nothing suitable on my frame for it. I am led to believe so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Yeah, I just drilled two holes.. The tension you get is seriously good - which was a surprise to me, I thought it'd wouldn't be that good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 You don't need a hole - you can use the hole from your mech hanger bolt and just wrap it around the axle if you need to. More than one way to skin a cat, and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 No mech hanger on my awesome steel frame, no room on the axle either, ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Would this work on a mod? Possibly by putting the spoke through the snail cam bolt hole ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 It should work fine, but just be careful about your chain wrap on your rear sprocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 It should work fine, but just be careful about your chain wrap on your rear sprocket. Do you think it'll be alright on a standard 18-12 mod gearing? Might give it a try tommorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Worked with 18:13 on my Echo, but yeah, just see how much you need it to move I guess. If you wanna get tech, you could always make some little metal stoppers to go in front of your axle in the dropout which the tensioner can go into - that way, you can get your wheel roughly where it needs to be, then the tensioner can take up any slack and also deal with any slack caused by your crank threads not necessarily being perfectly concentric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 I think maybe you could've drilled that hole a bit closer to the surface you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 No mech hanger on my awesome steel frame, no room on the axle either, ah well. You can just make a |_| shape at the end of the tensioner and hook it around your dropout slot I think maybe you could've drilled that hole a bit closer to the surface you know... Was thinking that... eek! Hopefully be ok though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 You can just make a |_| shape at the end of the tensioner and hook it around your dropout slot Still have nothing to wrap it around though, unless I'm totally misunderstanding what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Washer between end of your axle and inside of dropout = room for tensioner. Hooky thing... Also works on vertical dropouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 I seeeee, good thinking, I've got a couple of spokes lying about I think, I'll try bodge one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Good stuff - get one as long as you can, we usually use 268s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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