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Chain tightness?

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Hello,

I was wondering how tight the chain needs to be? I have a 42 chainring in front w/ a 16 rear cog w/ a tensioner.

Right now, when I pedal w/ bike on stand the tensioner gets sucked up.

The tensioner is at a 5 o'clock I guess at a 45 degree. Chain seems pretty tight. The chain line looks good. Not sure what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

yeti
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what do you mean by sucked up? Is your chain skipping on the sprocket?
If i'm picturing it right, it sounds like you have quite a few extra links in your chain. This is probably limiting the amount of teeth on your rear sprocket that are actually engaged in your chain, causing it to skip. Take some links out and see how it goes.
Post a picture of your setup if this wasnt the problem.
iro 29er model 19

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Recommend you get a tensioner that's capable of pushing up and try again.
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