Hairy Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 How about this, bit different, haha... and works on vert dropout. I nearly lost my lunch looking at that pic
Flowta Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 How about this, bit different, haha... and works on vert dropout. Now that's an example of, "You're doing it wrong!!!"
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Check this out ... copied and pasted from some other chap on another thread I think mine takes the cake. Apologies for not having a picture with a single cog on there, I didn't have time to remove the cassette before i got overly excited and had to start taking pictures. The system is a few seperate parts, all based around the lack of a deraileur hanger on my frame thanks to a misplaced sidehop... The QR nut is replaced with one of my own design which allows the tension arm to hang off and pivot up or down to adjust tension. The arm is locked in place with a couple of set screw and has yet to loosen itself as the slackening of the chain works to tighten the system up again. The idler pully has an adjustable chainline on it, and could theoretically be used to switch between two or three different gears if you felt like busting out the allen keys. Whole thing was made over the course of a day by myself out of necessity to ride and unavailability of Planet-X parts over here. http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/395/pbpic395336.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 A swedish guy called Ville made this one:http://happymtb.org/galleri/albums/gurkan/VilleSingulator.JPG
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 An interesting one.... there's some good ones up, especially the spoon http://ficdn.mtbr.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif here's my addition, frankentensioner.. shimano acera canti brake arm with a fully functional tensioning mechanismhttp://ficdn.mtbr.com/images/smilies/cornut.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/frwinks/misbike/IMG_6239.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/frwinks/misbike/IMG_6241.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 This tensioner is on my trials bike and works great. It is made from sheet metal, hacksaw blade, and a piece of PVC pipe. Super lite, super simple, super strong. http://ficdn.mtbr.com/images/smilies/wink5.gif http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/toyota200x/Whole%20Bikes/IMG_1946.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/toyota200x/Whole%20Bikes/IMG_1945.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 a little something on the inside of the stays http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/singlespeed/493598d1359601749t-pics-homebrew-chain-tensioners-kettenspannerneu-2.jpg http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/singlespeed/493599d1359601749t-pics-homebrew-chain-tensioners-kettenspannerneu.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 more ....Well, here's my addition. My bike came with a homemade setup that simply clamped in the skewer like many on here, but the problem was it was flimsy and would eventually creep up and lose tension. I had to adjust it several times during a ride and it got annoying, so I decided to fix the problem. I took a small piece of flat bar stock from Home Depot, got a nice stainless steel allen head bolt and a couple nuts. I made the tensioner same as many on here, but on the bottom I welded one of the nuts on so that I could thread the bolt through, put a second nut on as a jam nut and here is the result. It's clean, super light and cost me less than $5. I took it out this morning and beat on the bike for over an hour and never had to readjust. It works perfectly. http://ficdn.mtbr.com/images/misc/paperclip.png Attached Thumbnailshttp://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/singlespeed/540943d1359601749t-pics-homebrew-chain-tensioners-bike3.jpg http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/singlespeed/540944d1359601749t-pics-homebrew-chain-tensioners-bike2.jpg http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/singlespeed/540945d1359601749t-pics-homebrew-chain-tensioners-bike5.jpg
Hairy Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 some ti lovingwell i know it's probably cheating, but i did in fact make it at home.It has a buch of index points to set the initial position, and it has a titanium flex plate to fill the gap, instead of using a spring. The pulley setup is pretty similar to the surly.The index plate is also titanium, and it has a pin that rests against the deraileur stop on the hanger to keep it from moving. It can be used in either push up or pull down mode.I can probably loose another 10g on it if i wanted to, maybe even 20g.http://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20scale.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20bike%20side.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20rear%20view.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20granite.jpg
andregrobler Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 some ti lovingwell i know it's probably cheating, but i did in fact make it at home.It has a buch of index points to set the initial position, and it has a titanium flex plate to fill the gap, instead of using a spring. The pulley setup is pretty similar to the surly.The index plate is also titanium, and it has a pin that rests against the deraileur stop on the hanger to keep it from moving. It can be used in either push up or pull down mode.I can probably loose another 10g on it if i wanted to, maybe even 20g.http://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20scale.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20bike%20side.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20rear%20view.jpghttp://www.homebrewedcomponents.com/ti%20tensioner%20granite.jpg Wow!, looks very nice! Love the simplicity!
rouxtjie Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Wow!, looks very nice! Love the simplicity!Check out paragon sliders if you like simplicity....also you get a nice clean chain line, which any SS just loves looking at
V12man Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Check out paragon sliders if you like simplicity....also you get a nice clean chain line, which any SS just loves looking at How about these...
Tankman Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 The best looking tensioner on a SS ... is ... No tensioner at all! Magic GearHalfLinkor ... a new Frame!
andregrobler Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Check out paragon sliders if you like simplicity....also you get a nice clean chain line, which any SS just loves looking at Ok, point made. I agree: paragon sliders is better but thats a whole new frame. But from the tensioners I have seen, this is very nice. The fact that the connecting arms acts as the spring device is what stood out for me.
V12man Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Ok, point made. I agree: paragon sliders is better but thats a whole new frame. But from the tensioners I have seen, this is very nice. The fact that the connecting arms acts as the spring device is what stood out for me. I will let you know soon if you really need a new frame.... my slider kit is on it's way to me..... next step is to do some cutting, fitting and welding....
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