Originally Posted by
Morelock
no real danger other than something jamming between tyre/cutout. My old aluminum P3 did that once and it left a gnarly gnash in the cutout. That was on (a bad) road of course, and I used to run it very tight. I can't imagine it's a problem on the track. Shorter distance for it to go if you ever pull a wheel
Unfortunately, the way chains link together I'm not able to back off in a small increment. The next shorter size of chain with 52:15 puts my axle bolts about in the middle of the chain stay, which means if I put a 51:14 or 51:15 on it, its way back toward the end of the chain stay.