Wanted: Chain tensioner

I'm after a chain tensioner for a Volume Cutter V3, only problem being normal bmx ones don't fit as the dropouts are quite short. Ideally i'd like to buy one off here, but if someone could point me in the right direction that would be a great help too. Anbody run a chain tensioner on a V3?

Cheers,
Nick.

just a little bump on this as my loose chain is starting to bug me...

might be of some help, i know romain from shop 14 uses profile chain tugs on his ESB.

Do you mean chaintug?

he does indeed

might be of some help, i know romain from shop 14 uses profile chain tugs on his ESB.

Sweet, i'll check them out. I've tried and broken at least 3 different brands at my lbs all of them are to long, the dropouts on the cutter are really short. To be honest i could probably do with a new chain that would probably solve the problem, i just don't want to have to keep loosening the wheel to pull it back everytime.

Do you mean chaintug?

Yeah, chain tug/tensioner same thing isn't it?

No. Running a tensioner on fixed is FAIL.

Chaintug..

Chain tensioner

Oh ok, that makes sence. I meant chain tug, they were always called chain tensioners on bmx's.

BMXers are thick though.

;)

Just the same as calling a chainring a sprocket!

Not at all. They are two totally different devices and fitting the wrong one to a fixed gear machine will soon have you in trouble. This is why I (yes, tediously) continue to pull people up on the mistake.

And I'd like to see you fit a chainring on a rear hub too...

There's a challenge...

bolt-on 32T :)

i think it is perfectly acceptable to refer to a chain tug as a chain tensioner, but is more ambiguous as chain tug is specifically one thing, whereas chain tensioner can refer to both things.

even sheldon's shop calls chain tugs chain tensioners.

and so to many others 1 2 3 4 5 etc

whilst this confusion may be seen by you as error, it probably just arises from abbreviation of "chain tensioner for vertical dropouts" (what you take it to mean) and "chain tensioner for horizontal dropouts" (i.e. chain tugs)

i think it is perfectly acceptable to refer to a chain tug as a chain tensioner

No, no it's not.

Just because lots of people eat McDonalds doesn't mean it's food.

whilst this confusion may be seen by you as error, it probably just arises from abbreviation of "chain tensioner for vertical dropouts" (what you take it to mean) and "chain tensioner for horizontal dropouts" (i.e. chain tugs)

Not at all. They are two totally different devices and fitting the wrong one to a fixed gear machine will soon have you in trouble. This is why I (yes, tediously) continue to pull people up on the mistake.

I'm not saying they are the same. I know they're not. I meant that bmxer's call chaingrings sprockets, that was all.