[Closed] really... what is the point of ss?

It shite, don't bother.

What the fat singlespeeder up there ^^^ said.

I was on one today for a couple of hours. I went uphill and downhill and never got a frozen mech or any ghost shifting.

Shite troll by the way

big chief, your tom has done in the bath..
your turn now, then straight to bed for asking stupid questions... 🙄

there is at least one thread of this ilk every week!!!

i went for my 1st ss bike around 3 weeks ago, its ace for fitness and line choice, and is good fun/different. i dont really subscribe to the whole 'it doesnt need cleaning etc thing as i clean all of my bikes regularly anyway'

try it 1st and see if you like it.

See if you can borrow one for a couple of rides. They aren't for every one but also I think you have to give it a go.

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Didn't we do this last week?

It's cheap - thats my reason

if you do go for it and master it, beat it, crush it . . . . make it look easy . . .

Then what?

World domination, . . . . very dangerous game.

Stick to gears.

Nice try at a trolling 🙂

PErsonally I can get up hills (most) and down hills (most) with my SS.

I don't find 27 gears is enough - too many ratios but not enough spread 🙁

I've had my ss since I built it up in '98. Dunno why, it's cr@p. No gears or nothing.

sorry for the repeat of a post last week but i dont spend all my spare time on single track checking forums. I have coursework etc. to do.

although if i did have spare time..... i would mix it with riding and talking about riding 😀

singlespeeding is the truth! Do not be tempted by these other gear based ways of life, that way lies weedy un-manly thighs and madness.

If you use gears to make hills easier why not flatten them or straighten the wibblywobbly bits to make it easier too?

Come the church of singlespeed we will welcome you with open arms and a nice beer.

Once you are in the inner circle you will learn the screts of the universe or at least what the belly button fluff fairys' secret agenda is and how to build a life size doppleganger using nothing but dairy products.

Just don't touch your shifters for a week, and see if you feel it makes your life better

you can also ride any old tat and be "niche" 😀

coffeeking - Member
Nice try at a trolling

PErsonally I can get up hills (most) and down hills (most) with my SS.

No, I get to the top of the hill and just don't know how to get back down.....

Normally have to resort to the downlift.

All about fitness

sorry for the repeat of a post last week

In that case perhaps use the search function before you repeat and age old and quite frankly dull troll.

Gears and suspension are for when you are old and frail.

If you don't see the point then don't bother, if you fancy it try it, if wonder...then find out, if you like it good, if you don't good.

Just ride!

Gears and suspension are for when you are old and frail.

What about middle aged and lardy.?

really...reallly....really ....what is the point of ss?
Bloody students-3/10 Better but lacks originality.
If you can't be arsed to find out for yourself I can't be arsed explaining it to you....so there.
I'm with the the stupids.

because gears dont work well on a bmx. thats why

Just home from a 27mile ride home on my single speed pompino

Bliss

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It's just another option on a bike.

Loved my bmx single speed as a kid went everywhere on it with pals on similar bikes.

is it really that time again?

sorry for the repeat of a post last week but i dont spend all my spare time on single track checking forums. I have coursework etc. to do.

although if i did have spare time..... i would mix it with riding and talking about riding

a quick look at your profile says you've started 11 threads in about a week. no spare time at all then?
😉

Through suffering comes enlightenment. You either get it or you don't BUT it is no coincidence singlespeeders tend to be real men. Come to the Keilder 100 and watch us make geared boys cry as we beat them with our rigid ways

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If you don't get it you probably don't want to do it. Do something else. Everyone's happy 😉

If you don't get it you probably don't want to do it. Do something else. Everyone's happy 😉

epicyclo - Member
Gears and suspension are for when you are old and frail.

hes only 13 so hes got to work upto somthing...

It works well here in suffolk/norfolk really well (deep mud and no monster hills near by) having one gear here is good in winter, As its harder to clog up one gear than a 8/9 speed drive. It does make you work harder if you want it too its marmite love/hate thing you ever like it and live it or hate it and curse it as. 😯

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fashion.

I'm a singlespeeder.

No, I cannot convince you.

post = FAIL

fashion?

HAVE YOU SEEN A SINGLE SPEED RIDER??

they normally look like geography teachers or the bloke from jethro tull, I'm sure the rigid forks will double up as a flute.

I always saw singlespeeders as 'look at me! look at MEEEEEEE!!!!' types. Much like 29ers and tandems. Basically all clown bikes.

Funny I always thought the "look at me" types are the fat boys on oingly boingly bikes in body armour at trail centres where they have an audience rather than ss riders who normally do their own thing. Isn't bias a funny thing 😀

Rolls out the singlespeed 29er tandem. 😛

coogan - well actually I was in that London today, and the sheer number of fakengers on fixies wearing their sister's jeans was astounding.

SS is great though, I ride mine far too much at the expense of geared bikes, but it's far more reliable and cheaper to repair when you break it.

a 29er singlespeed tandem!....bloody hell, that's two beards you need to keep out of a chainset.

bloody hell, that's two beards you need to keep out of a chainset.

The stoker does not own a beard. 😉