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Looks like a fifth chain tensioning alternative:
1) Have the frame built with horizontal dropouts
2) Have the frame built with an eccentric BB
3) Add a derail-type tensioner
4) Swap rings/cogs and hope to get lucky
5) Have the frame built with Rohloff's adjustable dropouts: essentially a vertical dropout with
about a half-inch of fore-aft movement.
The half inch part is what got my attention (actually 28 mm).
If a chain only breaks at every other link (i.e. in one-inch increments) how is a half inch of
adjustment going to be reliable?
In another thread, the idea of a "half link" was mentioned. Sounds like it might be the explaination
if I understood what a "half link" was and how a chain could be sized accordingly.
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PeteCresswell
1) Have the frame built with horizontal dropouts
2) Have the frame built with an eccentric BB
3) Add a derail-type tensioner
4) Swap rings/cogs and hope to get lucky
5) Have the frame built with Rohloff's adjustable dropouts: essentially a vertical dropout with
about a half-inch of fore-aft movement.
The half inch part is what got my attention (actually 28 mm).
If a chain only breaks at every other link (i.e. in one-inch increments) how is a half inch of
adjustment going to be reliable?
In another thread, the idea of a "half link" was mentioned. Sounds like it might be the explaination
if I understood what a "half link" was and how a chain could be sized accordingly.
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PeteCresswell