Hey a while ago i snapped my mech hanger and well it peed me of.. So i made a tensioner,(well got one of a mate, and basically its a spoon) its good, ish... its holds tension but it looks f**kign daft and when i apply pressure it flxes like a twat and i have a feeling that its going to snap one day and kill me. so.. if i wer to take a link out of my chain it would be to tight, but if i was to get a half link i could probaly run it without a tensioner?now is this a good idea? i heard that half links and poo and snap e.t.c??? Id love to not run a tensioner, and i know your chain strecthes but it would last for 4-5 months surely? i could just buy a hanger and go back to my mech, but i really dont want to.. another thing that anoys me it having my gearing"22-18)i have to have a longihs chain else its to short and i have to have my tesnioner near vertical, and the fact its a ladel spooon whihc is huge. i cannot afford to get a differnt gear... thats not really the main issues, so should i get a half link or not? cheers