ETR/D CHAIN TENSIONER

Since inception in 1994, Yess Products has been proving the cycling industry with high-end aluminum bicycle frames and parts. It’s evident that Yess Products has an extremely high level of commitment and craftsmanship when it comes to building frames and parts. They’re always looking for ways to test and gain feedback on their products. In their mind, “that’s good enough” doesn’t cut it. I suppose you need to have the affirmative Yess, to know it’s legit.Yess has been building frames and parts for a number of company’s worldwide. Cove and Misfit, Crupi BMX, PDC, RockyMountain, Redline, Redbull, Arrow Racing and other non-bicycle related companies; Instinct Mobility, Traverse Rescue; to name a few. Here’s a frame the built for Cove, on display during the 2010 Interbike in Las Vegas.

Yess is defiantly a company that takes pride in their work and it shows. In my case, I’m fortunate enough to give some testing on their ETR/D Chain Tensioner.Built for full suspension, single speed bikes, the ETR/D tensioner, surly lives up to the standards they live by. It’s said to work well and keep the right amount of tension on the chain as you roll through the travel. After I built up my Trek Top Fuel 9.9 single speed, I put it through just about everything I could, in a short amount of time. Mud, rivers, snow, rock gardens and about as much force as a guy like me can deliver. I’m running a 32x16, which makes for a pretty good grind when it gets steep. It’s flawless.It mounts directly to the Top Fuel frame and locks into place with two set screws. It allows me to pull my wheel on and off with ease if I were ever to swap out gears or change my tire setup.I’m very impressed with the folks at Yess Products, and their commitment to designing and producing great products. If I were a betting man, I’d place my $$ on the fact that this little part will be rolling my chain throughout the entire summer and well in to next year, with no problems.A big shout out to Renny Husada at Yess for taking care of KDAY Racing with his willingness to help out and answer my questions. Also to Ross Schnell, for the suggestion to use the ETR/D. It sure seemed to work for him. Well done Ross. Looking forward to some Fruita this spring.