Originally Posted by
carleton
There exist dropouts that can handle the strongest standing starts with no chain tensioners. Titanium dropouts (like on the TK1 and Tiemeyer) can do that.
Unfortunately, the TK1 doesn't fall under this category. My bike will be at felt for over a month for them to bond in new Ti inserts since mine got completely crushed after a season and a half of wheel changes. And they're not warrantying it either, since I didn't use the tensioners.