....the saga continues.
So I posted last night that I liked to look of the Surly Singleater, it can tension up or down. A link to the Surly Website showed the fitting instructions where I noted you need an 18mm cone spanner to assist in fitting it (mental note taken).
This morning I'm thinking maybe I'll strike it lucky and take off the Superstar tensioner to find that I can shorten the chain to perfect length. Like hell I can
. I can remove one more link repeat then the game is up, oh and the chain is slack as buggery (parden my language).
So I'm looking at the Superstar unit thinking I wonder how far I can chuck it when I see what appears two flats ready and waiting to accept a cone spanner...... hmmmmm.... I wonder.
So an angle grinder and a 16mm cone spanner later I have a 18mm cone spanner in my hand, and I manage to refit the Superstar tensioner 'pretensioned' in a different starting position (ignore the postion of the guidance plate for a moment) allowing it to fit my newly shortened by 1 link chain (previously not possible). Good ho and off we go..... it feels promising, it looks good. I'm peering down at the chain and pedalling gingerly and all is good. Apply more pedal pressure and bang-jump, BO**OCKS :x !!!!!!!
So the chain won't go any shorter even without the tensioner, it won't tension upwards because its so slack that it touches the frame and even when tensioned down it still jumps. What the hell is wrong?
Reminder I'm running a SRAM PC1 1/2"x1/8" SS chain on Gusset Double Six 16T sprocket. That should work together, shouldn't it?
Here's the latest picture of what the tension arrangement looks like.