Couldn't decide which bike to ride tonight, thanks to you guys I've made my mind up! SS it is, Calderdale too! 
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SingleSpeed - Its pants......
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Good lad, Yorkshire Pudding, good lad
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My gears are making weird noises again. Once again the temptation to SS is rising.. doing a merida marathon in September though and don't feel I'd be able to power round a whole 50k track in one gear - sit and spin on easier gears seems more likely.
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I have just found myself without a SS for the first time in maybe 10 or 12 years*. It is a bit of a culture shock and I may well have to buy another frame to build up for the winter.
I ride Thetford mainly so it probably explains why I get on well with it.
*Apart from a fixie road (hack) bike
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TheBrick - Member
Wow, I never realised there was such animosity by some towards single speed. Talk about an irrational hatred!Nah, it's entirely rational. When you get old and frail, you need gears, and it makes you grumpy to see people on proper bikes.
It gets even worse when you get so decrepit that you need suspension as well.
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I actually really quite like it, plus it's a good niche gang to be in.
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Hey Hammer you been out trail mincing again people will start thinking your in training ;-)))
Love ya x
Riding ss is so much better when you keep it to yourself shh
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Jupp.... been out mincing and bimbling twice a week 3-4 hours at a time since SSEC... next ride is tonight... we have been very lucky with the weather too so far.. fingers crossed..
Finally got my 36t front ring from CRC, so I might fit that and test it tonight.. just have to leave work a bit earlier and that's not a bad thing!Love you too.. xx
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Nothing against SS per se, just not my cup of tea. It does annoy me though when a fruitcake on an SS stalls on a singletrack climb in front of me a forces me to stop to - I have gears because I want to ride up climbs not push so get the **** out of the way :p
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have there own races an all....lee quarry is handbags at dawn when thats on.
actually they don't have their own race there is a sub category prize sponsored by Charlie the Bikemonger for the fastest SS, they still can win their category prize
http://www.brownbacksracing.co.uk
not sure about the handbags either, it's more a bit of a laugh on a Sunday morning
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was it Eddy Merckx who said "gears are OK, for older guys"...?
I ride both SS and geared. I agree that if you live in a very hilly area then being a beginner on SS is a totally dispiriting and painful experience. I am fortunate in that I live in a very varied landscape. My local forest is maximum single climb of about 50 vertical meters but I can drive an hour and a half and point my self up 200-300 of vertical climb ... and everything in between.
as for SS fruitcakes stalling in front of geared riders, more often I see the opposite; geared riders in a low gear hole weaving at walking pace up the hill while the SSer tries to maintain cadence and get past. Hey, it all happens, anyone would think we should be sharing the trail
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Fruitcakes on ss holding people up on climbs the bare faced cheek of not being as good as you !
Surely in any instance it is the rider who is behind who ultimately has to judge if or when a rider up front will stop or move of line wether they have gears or no gears it makes no difference
Cuts both ways when a quick ss riders gets stalled out by someone chomping down a fistful of gears when there is really no need
I certainly didnt hold up any riders whilst climbing l'alpe d'huez last summer on my ss non stop
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have single speedified my 456 summer season super slack thrasher having ripped off a (brand new at the time) super short road mech.
its pretty cool.
bike weighs a tonne ANYWAY, so pushing up anything more than a gentle slope is fine by me, and its nice and quiet on the downs, with the gentle wirr of a chain guide roller.looking forward to the weekend. dyfi last weekend, lots of pedalling.
this weekend is gonna be pushing, and gravity descending.Posted 2 years ago # -
Did somebody mention fruitcake.... I'll put the kettle on!
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At the end of the day there are numerous configurations. If someone want's to go SS then that's fine, if they want to run 20, 30, internally geared whatever.. It's personal choice and if it floats your boat then I don't have any issues with it.
I'd happily have a SS alongside my geared bike and choose which one is appropriate for the ride.
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I love riding my single speed mainly because its just good fun.
There are times however when I could do with a few gears to play with so I'm getting a wheel with an Aline hub built up at some point over the summer. As my bike has an eccentric bottom bracket I'll be able to chose between SS and geared on the same bike with only a little bit of work needed to make the change over
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Well bigbud as I am the bloke who rides singlespeed with you
all I can say is
what a prickPosted 2 years ago # -
correction .
you may ride singespeed but you dont ride with me .whos the one using foul language .
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Glad we got that one sorted
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me too .over
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I like mine. Except when I get weird knocking noises from the front.
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SSing's ok now & again,but I prefer my geared bikes.I prefer riding without suspension more than without gears,but again not all the time
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Each t' thar own but t' thar knows happen up norf " 32/16" its t' law and you knows it. My whippet loves running along side my single speed in her new pink collar and I'm sure gears would distract her some what.
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Well, i've just ordered the parts to convert to a single speed. So it'll be interesting to see if I get sore knees or not further down the line. I'm just tired of faffing with the gears.
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unless you have problems with your knees already or an "out-of-line" pedal stroke - singlespeeding isn't going to give you knee problems.
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Not each to their own! It's wrong! Face it! You know it's wrong really, and if you don't you need to be IMPRISONED! FREAKS!
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Rode the SS last night in Calderdale of all places! and fully rigid too! There were a big group of us out on lots of different bikes, someone was on an Orange Patriot and looked like he was having lots of fun! I had lot's of fun too it just never occured to me and the guy on the Patriot to stop and argue who was having the most fun and who was on the correct bike for the ride!
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No it's not it's egg!
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After a few weeks off the SS and riding geared full-sus, I took the SS out last night..... the road section to the trails took a little longer, but once I hit the trail I wondered what I had let myself in for.. it was barely rideable... but I didn't have any choice and did my best to stay with the geared blokes on the twisty rocky rooty trails... god I suffered, but it was worth it.... today EVERYTHING hurts!
So the verdict is that SS is perhaps a bit silly, but you get a much better all body workout.. yesterdays ride was more like pumping weights in the gym than spinny riding...Next ride is sunday, some geocatching with a work-mate, so I'll take the geared bike.... but all my mid-week rides will be SS from now on.
Now.. Where's that fruitcake you mentioned?
Hammer.
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This morning I completed my first ever cycle commute. 12 miles on a singlespeed that I bought a week ago, which until 6.30am this morning I hadnt even ridden past the end of my street.
First impressions were faff-free goodness. Only took 20 mins longer than in the car aswell.
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Shhhhh ! lets just let this thread die out . SS is a secret, its easy and we don’t want people to find out about it. The new 10 speed kit looks nice…..fruit cake anybody ? Wahahar warhahar
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thats the problem .to me people i know (excluding weirdness) who ride single speed do it to be different.
if ss is not good enough they have to have a 29er or something equally as stupid.i rode ss when i was 4 .i hated it then & nothing has changed.
lets all go buy a cx & really go mad.Posted 2 years ago # -
HTTP404 - Member
unless you have problems with your knees already or an "out-of-line" pedal stroke - singlespeeding isn't going to give you knee problems.
Absolutely agree, the only cycling item that ever gave me sore knees was SPD pedals.
my name is Bassspine and I ride a singlespeed (just not all the time - I like to have a choice)
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I never got on with SS last year-I hated riding to the trail so slow!
Great on climbs and stomping hills! Off road it was simple and easy to clean but need a dedicated fram and not a tensioner.But then again in BMX kiddy days it was bloody awesome!
Wondering what ratio I had...Any bike has its place be it road or mtb or even s s Single sp speed yuk!
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Cake on the way cherry bakewells ok ?
Good news on all the riding we will be out riding tomorrow without telling anyone what kind of bike it is
X
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