you can go many speed on a single speed, so not really single speed…

speed = ratio.

see 3 speed, 4 speed box, 10 speed racer. etc.

Same reason 8 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed… etc

Technically there are 3 speeds for singlespeedling.
Walking
Pedaling
Freewheeling

Actually there are four:

Freewheeling
Pedalling
Walking
Vomiting

😆

I go with

Walking
Slow
Drinking.

Besides, the lyric “with the four ratio non-syncro gearbox with floor mounted shift lever” never brought anyone to the door.

Freewheeling
Seated
Standing
Walking
Vomiting

“Vomiting”

when you are a truly skilled practitioner this can be combined with any of the other options to make you more efficient. Just remember out of courtesy to angle it away from other riders, unless you dont like them, or they ride gears, then a strategic vom-bomb can be an amusing winner (particularly if the other other rider is mouth breathing on a climb 😀 )

Is it not seated, standing and stopped?

Technically there are 3 speeds for singlespeedling.
Walking
Pedaling
Freewheeling

Going fixed will eliminate some of the confusion there.

@tazzymtb – I like your style sir! 😛

I reckon it’s becuse SS looks vaguely moar rebellious than SG, unless you play a Gibson SG that is.

Monopedal also sounds daft

I can live with it being called ‘speed’, but I can’t deal wtih my riding buddy calling them ‘fixed’ or ‘fixies’.. I explained to him about 5 times what the difference is, but he still refers to them as ‘fixies’.

It’s got to the point where I leave mine at home when we ride so I don’t hear him say it. Sometime this backfires.. ‘Not on your fixie today? It’s muddy out!’ 👿

I can live with it being called ‘speed’, but I can’t deal wtih my riding buddy calling them ‘fixed’ or ‘fixies’.. I explained to him about 5 times what the difference is, but he still refers to them as ‘fixies’.

get it fixed then give him a go. 😈

conversely why is it called fixed gear and not fixed speed ?

Fixed wheel / freewheel

Multispeed/single speed.

Also its

Coasting
Seated
Stooded
Gurning
Screaming
Vomitting
Pushing
Throwing
Walking.

Coasting
Seated
Stooded
Gurning
Screaming
Vomitting
Pushing
Throwing
Walking.

Lying on the floor.

Can’t believe I’ve missed all those states since I haven’t ridden my SS for a few years.
Makes me want to drag it out for a ride on Sunday.

Sit down.
Stand up.
Push.

All can be precursors or preludes to vomiting, breathing out of your arse, and see stars.

There is also the singlespeeders facial expression of choice, this comes from The Holy Book of Taz, “Gurn like you’re shitting a pineapple”.

Coasting
Seated
Stooded
Gurning
Screaming
Vomitting
Pushing
Throwing
Walking.

In the shed

It’s fixed wheel. All others are impostors. Fixie is an abomination.

“Coasting is a pernicious habit”. RIP Sheldon Brown

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed-conversion.html