Batavus relaxx / Dawes lowrider

[sprogs]

Hi. Does anyone else out there own a dawes lowrider or batavus relaxx? I'm having problems with the chain tensioner setup continually coming loose. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you fix it?

[PhilO]

I no longer have it, but I did have a Low Rider for a while and experienced the same problem.

My solution was set the factory tensioner to act as no more than a guide, (ie. with the chain run through it virtually straight) and to install a rear derailleur to provide tension. Obviously something like an Alfine or Rohloff chain tensioner would work as well, and be lighter, but given the nature of the beast* I doubt if weight is a concern! 

* I use the term advisedly - ISTR that mine weighed >50lbs! 

[sprogs]

No, weight isn't really an issue on these is it. Simplest solution I've come up with is to just leave the tensioner slack and put a bungee cord from it to one of the pump hooks. Not very elegant but effective.  Problem is that the jockey wheels are pretty small and draggy so I might have to make a new bracket from scratch.