Josh - Sarge Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Hi I have been out riding today with mates and I was sidehoping onto a wall and came down and I snapped my sprung chain tensioner right off. To my dismay I had to sit and watch for the rest of the day. I dont want another one like this as the same thing will happen and i dont think a fixed one will be any better. My friends had snail cams and chain tugs. I now think one of these are the way to go. I have a 26" Diamond back Kubuki Mono. Which one would be best, pros and cons of both and which one can I get for around 25 pounds???? Thanks Josh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 You've got vertical dropouts, so neither snail cams or chain tugs will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Try and get your hands on a 74 kingz or make a spring tensioner. Or just try hard not to bash it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Manning Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Try and get your hands on a 74 kingz or make a spring tensioner. Or try a spoke. I highly recommend the Echo tensioner. The only snag is that you need to run a Echo rear hub as the tensioner sits on the axle of the hub, this allows it to be tucked away nicely on the bike. As seen below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Gibbs Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Yess tensioner strong as hell good tensioner all round only thing its a wee bit heavy for weight weenies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh - Sarge Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Oh yeah just looked at my bike and realised I have wrong dropouts, my bad. Thanks for the posts. Any advantages of fixed tensioners over sprung ones??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Well, they come loose frequently. More of a disadvantage though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hi I have been out riding today with mates and I was sidehoping onto a wall and came down and I snapped my sprung chain tensioner right off. To my dismay I had to sit and watch for the rest of the day. I dont want another one like this as the same thing will happen and i dont think a fixed one will be any better. My friends had snail cams and chain tugs. I now think one of these are the way to go. I have a 26" Diamond back Kubuki Mono. Which one would be best, pros and cons of both and which one can I get for around 25 pounds???? Thanks Josh. I broke my tensioner so i took 2 links out of the chain at first the chain was really tight but it loosend up after a few rides and now its perfect i dont need a tensioner. try it if it doesn't work just put the links back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh - Sarge Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hi everyone, thanks for all the help. Fortunatley my friend gave me a spare sprung tensioner he had so I am fixed for the mean time. Thanks Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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