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mndsm79 on May 13, 2025 9:06 pm Chain tensioners. Meant to keep it so if you don’t ride slammed you can keep your wheel from slipping forward in the dropout.
DedTh0ts on May 13, 2025 9:09 pm Looks like a chain tensioner like what’s in your other dropout. Is the other side missing one?
farmxteam on May 14, 2025 6:26 am sunday chain tensioners consist of two parts: – non threaded pin goes first into the dropout – threaded bolt goes second and push the pin dont know why it is made this way, may be it is more safe for axle thread
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Chain tensioners.
Chain tensioners. Meant to keep it so if you don’t ride slammed you can keep your wheel from slipping forward in the dropout.
Looks like a chain tensioner like what’s in your other dropout. Is the other side missing one?
One of the coolest more recent innovations in bmx
sunday chain tensioners consist of two parts:
– non threaded pin goes first into the dropout
– threaded bolt goes second and push the pin
dont know why it is made this way, may be it is more safe for axle thread