Swapped my chain tensioner for a half link and it fixed everything

I spent two months fighting chain skip on my daily rider. Kept tweaking the dropouts, tried different chain lengths, nothing stuck. Finally a guy at the co-op told me to just run a half link instead. Picked one up for like 6 bucks. Now my wheel sits dead center in the frame and I haven't had a single skip in three weeks. Anyone else deal with this headache or am I the only one who overcomplicated it?

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simonmoore1mo ago

Tbh "half link" is a BMX thing, not really for geared bikes.

taylor.phoenix1mo ago

Switched to a regular chain on my MTB. No issues since.