Re: [CR]Now: Chain tension adjusters Was: Modifying brake levers??

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:31:34 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: Chain tension adjusters Was: Modifying brake levers??
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 8/16/2003 1:12:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:


> One solution would be to use chain tension adjuster bolts. Now a days,
> fixed gear guys call them "chain tugs". There were various styles years
> ago; some worked with track ends and some worked with road dropouts.
>
> Lots of advantages: You can make small adjustments in the chain tension,
> you can remove and replace the wheel and still keep your original
> adjustment, and they keep the wheel from being pulled over from the
> torque of pedaling which is indispensible when using wing nuts instead
> of a QR or track nuts.
>

Chuck, Would you happen to have a picture you could post somewhere of an adjuster that works with horizontal road drops? Thanks.

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA