This past weekend I thought it would be a good idea to take a link out of the chain on my singlespeed. I've been having problems with the chain skipping and it looked like the chain wasn't grabbing enough teeth on the rear cog. The other reason for this project is that I can't leave well enough along. Anyway, seems simple enough, right? Just take a link out of the chain and off we go. Not so easy, as it turns out.
Shortening the chain meant I needed to fiddle with the spring on the chain tensioner. Since I've been using a cheap NASHBAR tensioner that came with no information on spring adjustments, I was working somewhat blindly. Well, let's just say that I'm really lucky that my newly shortened chain fits perfectly with my 36-16 chainring-cog setup with no tensioner needed. At least for now. In trying to adjust the chain tensioner I managed to totally break it such that it exerts no pressure on the chain. Great. For now, and at least as long as it takes for the drivetrain to wear further, I'm running no tensioner. It actually feels really nice, somehow crisper to ride. Unfortunately, as the parts wear it'll start to get sloppy and I'll have to throw a new tensioner on there. This time I think I'll lay out for a Surly Singleator, not least because they provide much better tech support for their products than our friends at NASHBAR.
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JZ. I think you need to write more about other things besides bikes. Your first post was about writing about other things--the "cycle" if you will. So....?
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