Burning a hole in my pocket

spongtastic

I've got enough money to buy one of the new on one frames, either a Barry White not sliding drop or a Sterling Moss sliding drop.
The problem is I want to build a SS, but hate the green. Already planned DMR/819/DT rear and Gold Hope/819/DT front with gold anodized nips', gold anodized skewers/QR etc (proably not hope given the cost of the wheels) but am I just being a nugget by ruining the whole thing with a chain tensioner sitting on the back??

bomberesque

yes

The Big Cheese

Or dont have a tensioner and fit a half-link, that's how I did it on my SS before I sold it, it worked perfectly with vertical dropouts

bomberesque

half link works if you get lucky with chainstay length or mess around with ratios to get the chain tension right, but it's not really a final solution. edit/ Cheesy; How did you get on when the chain stretched in?

you need a way to tension the chain in an "analogue" way (ie, not in steps). A chain tensioner does this but is in the way of the chain. It's fine for conversions but if you're building a specifically SS bike, I'd not use a tensioner .. I'd get a frame made for the job.

spongtastic

Already running a Malt 1 as a SS, so aware of the chain issues (using an other doofer) more wondering whether it would look like a balls up.

Might go for a 1x9 instead with black RS7 or deus black and gold chainset.