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Re: Chain Tension-er?

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Originally Posted by Breadbocks View Post
So that's where what we had came from. Why on earth does that cost $70?
I saw that, yeah, $70 is crazy for a bit of plastic (or rubber or silicone or whatever). One thing to keep in mind is that while it may keep your chain from derailing it is not going to do anything for the backlash as you go from fwd to rev and vice versa. Not a huge deal on wheels (probably) but feedback loops hate backlash so... ...keep that in mind (and do the right thing, put in a real chain tensioner ;-)

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