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Genuine Q,
I consider myself to have pretty terminal brain worms (stage 5, pushing into my frontal lobe), but I’ve never gotten the chain tensioner hate, they look pretty funky in a kinda outdated mechano aesthetic yet people seem to react worse to them than like, abelism I’m cycling culture
Can anyone explain?
Maj-
The beauty of a singlespeed/fixed drivetrain is that you don't need a chain tensioner/derailleur. Just a chainring and a freewheel/cog, connected with a chain. It just looks clean. Getting a frame that requires a chain tensioner to set it up singlespeed just screams 'afterthought' to me.
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I hear you.
I wanted a tensioner for a parts bin SSCX race bike. It took a couple of fails before I found/adjusted the right tensioner (budget blown). By far the best were two-arm, sprung types ... so I was basically riding around with an over-priced, under developed rear mech (that doesn’t change gear). All the easy-cleaning, near-zero maintenance and efficiency of SS is lost. It still got hit and full of grass n mud so it was better just to run a few gears.
[ caveat - I’m a hooge fan of fixed on the road but hated singlespeed on trails and general off-road except actual cx races where it was alright ]
Tijs
miro_o
So you're bothered by these two small bosses, but okay with having to use a chain tensioner? Because you will have to use one to get proper chain tension with that frame.