Tugs on a conversion

hippy [quote]tynan [quote]hippy So, it's less likely to throw the chain or lock the wheel to the chainstay (both potentially crashing you into hospital) when running a chain tug.

Because the chain tension is kept at the right level ?[/quote]

Lets say you're not running tugs..
A hard acceleration can drag the wheel forward. Far enough forward and the wheel hits the chainstay and you stop. Generally not so bad but you might do an ungracious dismount onto pavement.
If you accelerate hard and the wheel moves forward but not enough for it to hit the chainstay, then you are now running with less than optimal chain tension, which obviously puts you more at risk of unshipping your chain = possible pain.

I run tugs when I note a tendency for my chain to slacken off more than I'm comfortable with, ie. it gets kinda old if every third time you jump hard from the lights your chain is too slack.
Running two tugs gives you the added benefit of making it very simple to get nice tension and a centered wheel. Only bad thing about tugs is when you flat, you have more shit to take off.
I've got tugs on the Raleigh, none on the Soma, and one ready but not yet fitted to the Twatster.[/quote]

Cheers for that, understood.

I think it is about time that someone invented a quick release chain tug.