Jonas Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 One of these: Plus a 22teeth chainring and 18teeth cog from Boone, both in titanium of course. 8 speed ring/cog for mating with a good "6 speed" trials chain - which ones are the best (must have "mathing" halvlinks available)? Add few mathing spacers from boone for rear hub (9 speed). Would this be a really nice drivetrain? Or am I missing something? (Exept a derailleur :), but my current one accomplishes nothing but knee pain on the rare occations during which my knee hits the shifter.) Anyone tried a similar setup - thinking mainly about the boone parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 why would you want halflinks with that dirty great big tensioner? Just use a KMC kool....don't faff with halflinks unless you don't use a tensioner :) Other than that...it'd just be plain showing off :) Perhaps a king kog in steel would last longer though... adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted September 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Are there less dirty and huge tensioners? Even using using halflinks a vertical dropout would _never_ work without a tensioner... Also, showing off sure is cool :) A tensioner taking up to much slack looks ugly imho, but I guess, no halvlink would do the trick - although the fashion police might come arrest me and then I will tell them you told me to do it! :( I was going to guess KMC would be a good choice - thanks for confirming. Where do you get (Chris??) King Cogs from? Also I guess if Boone rings don't offer any advantages in the rear i might as well get something else for the front (suggestions) otherwise I end up paying as much for shipping as for actual products :). Main thing is that I want high quality SS cogs, not overly heavy or weak el cheapo stuff. So ok, lets start from scratch, what would be a really nice SS setup for a 26" bike (tensioner + chain + front/rear cogs) using a 9 speed hub (3:rd cog from the left = straight chainline, so the tensioner must be able to handle this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Middleburn hardcoat front ring, surly or king rear cog, kool chain (either fat or thin) and a sora/ tiagra rear mech. Jobs a good un :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 The best tensioner (imo) is using a mech, with the spring around the bolt that holds it to he hanger removed, and the mech locked in place with the end of a brake or shifter cable. Slip the end of the cable (with the metal end bit) through where the wire passes in the mech normally, push the mech until it guides the chain straight on the cog, and tighten up the pinch bolt that holds the cable... är du från sverige eller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhenoVenom Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 The best tensioner is the freshproducts tensioner, looks so nice and will stop you from bending/snapping mech hangers. I've landed on mine a couple times very hard from sidehopping and it had no effect :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Jansson: Visst är jag det... försökte PM:a, men gick inte då jag är newbie. (Y)( PhenoVenom: Where do you buy those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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