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Having a nightmare. Repairing Singleator's being a pain in the arse.
Half the price, looks like soft-cheese but whatever, does the batchelor do the job?
Edit: Fixing to the QR, disastrous no?
I had one, with a halo hex key skewer rather than qr. (it pivots on the axle/qr but slides to and fro on the mech hanger bolt so that is the one that you need really tight.) It was ok but shape of my chainstays/dropout meant I had to have it pushing down instead of up. It slipped a couple of times under proper gurning, and it is noisier than the singleator as it is a roller not a jockey wheel. If it was me I would speak to Charlie the bike Monger (who sells both iirc) about getting your singleator working nicely rather than getting another one.
Thanks julian, dropped ol' Charlie a line but he had nowt in the cave.
Did a post the other day shouting out for parts, STW came forth will whole Singleators but i have 3 main bodies and just need the roll cage.
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Do you have a spare cage & jockey wheel :-)?
It's fine if your chain is quite tight as is. I used one for a about 6 months and it was fine, again push down because of stays. It does creep and lose tension a bit when going over proper rough stuff, again if the chain is really slack and you don't have enough chain wrap it will result in slipping and bad noises.
I use one of [url= http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/sprung_tensioners/trialtech_sport_sprung_tensioner/c48p11211.html ]these[/url] (with the arm zip tied to the stay), more chain wrap than an angry old man could shake a stick at and no need to adjust.