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Old 12-05-11, 09:02 AM
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Diode100
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Originally Posted by prone
I finally took photos of my Mezzo D10 with the alfine 11 speed hub, showing (I hope) the relocated Sokal clip which all works well.
Nice work - it is the best gear change in the world, isn't it ?

What chain tensioner did you use ?

I had an alfine fitted to a Jestream and had a lot of difficulty, most tensioners dont have enough horizontal offset to get the chain lined up, at first the bike shop put the rear mech back on and used that as a tensioner, but it ended up looking quite ugly, and with not very much ground clearance. In the end they found a single arm / wheel that did the job, much neater. If I was converting a Mezzo I would look for a rear triangle off of a D4, with a horizontal drop out, to fit.
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