Looking for a singlespeed specific hardtail frame which meets the following conditions:

Low(ish) BB
I want to run around 100mm of travel
fairly tough as I want to jump and drop it
17″ frame size preferably
slot dropouts
comfortable as this will also be my commuter
Fairly cheap
Can be purchased as a frame only

Any ideas? Steel/aluminium I’m not fussed.

Want to run it as a fun bike at weekends during the winter and also for a 10 mile commute from work.

Cotic Simple perhaps? There’s a video somewhere (maybe even on the cotic site) of somebody jumping and dropping theirs!

Yeah cheers, thought of one of those, but was hoping for a lower BB.

That’s an On One out as well then. I love mine. Brill for the money.

Inbred had one brilliant bang for yer buck

Now got a Simple and I am one happy bunny

This frame would be replacing a slot dropout inbred.

10 mile commute to work, singlespeed and capable of doing jumps and drops 😯

I think you might be trying to tick too many boxes. I commute 9 miles on a SS with slicks and run 44:16 – anything much less and I would be spinning out quite quickly. I wouldn’t want to be running an off-road ratio and a heavier frame for that sort of distance.

Having said that – try DMR or Santa-Cruz Chameleon??

You need to look at whether the frame is 100mm travel cos its a park/street bike or because it’s a 100mm xc bike with no gears. I really wouldn’t be expecting a simple, inbred, io, love/hate etc to like being jumped and dropped.

Not slot dropout (sliding dropouts, best of both worlds IMO) and not light, but if you are 6 foot or less then an identiti mr hyde would be proper good. You’ll certainly have a harder job snapping it than any of the ones i mentioed above. And the large size is 17″ with 23.5″ top tube for actually being able to ride it any distance too.

On One!

Hmm, was interested in the Mr Hyde but noticed the 13.2″ BB height… 😯

oxymoron – my commute isn’t on road, and I use a 32:16 quite happily.

Chumba hx1? Ebb though.

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Some form of DMR (old trailstar for cheap)
Santa Cruz chameleon
Evil Sovereign
Identiti AKA

the trailstar would be a good choice but if u can see past the slot dropout for somthing nicer then sanderson soloist is the way forward iv treated mine like a big bmx from day 1 and its great fun.

With the right ratio (IIRC I used a 36:16 or 38:16) on there I reckon the Trailstar is as good a call as you’ll get for a singlespeed hack/commuter/playbike.

Ran my old mk2 SS with 100mm forks and semi-slicks at one point – very usable, totally commutable and tough as the proverbial old nails.

(I also have a Mr Hyde as it happens – top frame for AM hardtail use but possibly overkill for a do-it-all commuter SS).

slainte 😀 rob

Surly 1×1 without question. Comfy for longer rides, tough as old boots, rides like a big BMX, top fun.

Out of my cold, dead hands etc….

My older Trailstar LT can be ran 32-16 without a tensioner 🙂 An older model would probably be a good idea as they were made for shorter travel and also had slot dropouts on some. New ones do have swopouts but are designed for 130mm travel.