Chain tensioner, Paul Melvin

** Note ** We do not stock Paul parts on our shelf.  We order them as they're ordered.  The Paul Components factory in Chico is close by so in the past we could get Paul parts orders out the same week. Covid has changed all of that, and delays are unpredictable. Under their current constraints and higher demand, production is jammed and orders could take a few weeks or months. These parts are not available for same day in store pick-ups or expedited shipping orders.   Current lead time on all things from Paul is 6-8 weeks.  Please do not order unless you can wait that long, sorry. --------------------   "Paul" is a designer-machinist-rider in Chico, CA, who makes useful, clever, simple, wonderful bike parts—sometimes unique, sometimes his own take on existing parts. His last name is Price, not Melvin. Melvin's what he named this chain tensioner. I looks like a derailer, but it doesn't shift. It just takes up chain slack (it's a chain tensioner), so it lets you ride a single-speed fre