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Everyone ignores you don't they? Roadies don't think you are a roadie, mountain bikers don't think you are a mountain biker.
Nod hello you miserable bunch.
Edit: It's like being in some kind of cycling-themed Purgatory
(I was just trying to be light-hearted BTW).
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*ignores thread*
Everybody thinks you're a @£$% (though might just be me).
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Edit-Not you personally just singlespeders and me.
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Edit,edit-Not singlespeeders and me think you're a @£$% (though you very well may be).Everybody thinks singlespeeders and me are @£$%'s.
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Edit,edit,edit-I can sort of see why.
maybe stop putting (SS) after you name on strava and using your lack of gears as an excuse for everything.
Blimey everyone's wheeling out the cool stories today!
Real singlespeeders are not bothered by such things 😉
I went out on the road bike last night for a wobble, I can confirm I waved to no singlespeeders.
No one waves to me on the SS, because I'm f***ed if I'm going to spend my free time around other people, especially needy wavey people.
I don't know if they are ignoring me as I ignore other riders. I don't wave at people when I am a pedestrian on the pavement, I don't wave at all other drivers when I am driving, etc,.
kerley must live near me, lots of riders taking grumpy pills around here whatever bike you seem to be riding.
You must be doing it wrong. Every geared mincer should be spitting in your general direction as you smash past them, laughing at their feeble little legs and comical inability to grow a beard or handle booze.
I was out on a rise the other week in the local forest, came to a bit of a descent and there were 2 guys riding up, just to be friendly I thought I'd offer some encouragement as they were at the back of quite a large group, so I said "go on. Nearly at the top" in a friendly kind of way.
The guy at the back then proclaimed in a slightly snooty tone "I am on a single speed you know". What did he want, a frikkin medal or a round of applause for taking on a forest in Mid-Cheshire with only one gear!!
I know from personal experience that SS round there can be as quick as gears if not faster in places.
Steve b77- the correct response from you should have been " well harden the f up princess and get to the front"
Some ss-ers give us a bad name.
Why do you care? Being a single speeder, makes you better than them in every single way.
Most of my bikes have one gear, can't say I've noticed being ignored.
On the TT bike (which does have gears) I don't think anyone's ever waved at me. Weird, eh!
I probably would have nodded with or without gears, but I wouldn't take a lack of acknowledgement as some sort of insult, they might just have been busy watching where they were going or something...
I very much doubt most cyclists actually critique your drivetrain when deciding to nod your way...
I very much doubt most cyclists actually critique your drivetrain when deciding to nod your way...
I've had someone admire my mudguards....
Everyone on bikes seem happy round here - must be living in the Derbyshire Dales is the perfect antidote to being a miserable sod 😉
I fool them all by having gears but only using 1
kerley must live near me, lots of riders taking grumpy pills around here whatever bike you seem to be riding.
New Forest? I will make a special effort and give you a hand gesture if I see you.
New Forest? I will make a special effort and give you a hand gesture if I see you.
One handed?
Majority of singlespeeders voted leave.
#jambafact.
Makes you think....
Not suprised, bunch of weirdbeard tightwads why cant afford to buy a new derailleur now & again.
Solid front forks as well? 😉
I'd wave at you if I saw you out and about, but then I'd look down at your drive train and think you were a d##k.
I find myself admiring the simplicity and thinking that ss would be perfect for commuting...but then I think that my weedy chicken legs would probably snap and my knees would explode if I tried to ride up any kind slope.
I find myself admiring the simplicity and thinking that ss would be perfect for commuting...but then I think that my weedy chicken legs would probably snap and my knees would explode if I tried to ride up any kind slope.
That is what I thought but I find it surprisingly easy - a couple of hard spins to get the cadence up and it just seems to ride itself up the hills. I am pleased with mine. (Bought specifically for commuting).
Sometimes people think my bike is a fixie (ugh!) rather than a proper bike with just the one gear. True fact right there.
On the TT bike (which does have gears) I don't think anyone's ever waved at me. Weird, eh
They're probably worried that, as a TTer, you'll crash if you try to take your hand off the bar to wave back.
On behalf of London roadies - you're slow and get in the way when setting off from the lights. 😆
It's bitter pill to swallow when your mate smashes you riding rigid single speed... That's why we hate you
Fixed wheel# has the moral superiority (and speed). And I wave. Singlespeed on the road is a skinny decaffeinated latte.
#For the record, Fixed wheel <> fixie.