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I heard that 1 - 2 cm each way was the right tension. I tried to be a good boy today and tightened my chain.
However, I am currently at a bit more than 2 cm each way and the chain is making a quite loud clinkety clink noise it didn't before. Yeah, I looked on Sheldon Brown, but the whole adjusting spider thing doesn't apply I guess as I have a Stronglight with no spider/chainring.
How to prioritize? slacker chain minus the noise or accept some noise in exchange for tension?