[Closed] Show me your Singlespeed Conversions! (Feeling rough so need cheering up)

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Complete the cycle, embrace the rigid 😉

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to this:
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qwerty - ha! 2.4" in the front of mine! 😀

although I am eyeing up a wider rim and one of these:

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SS and rigid makes complete sense. Loving the recent move to SS followed by SS rigid. The latter was by far the most fun overall ride. Do it! 😀

Thanks nedrapier!

@qwerty - I can't tell you how much that doesn't appeal right now! (However, I've learnt too many times before, never say never!)

Just back from a ride on my rigid SS around the Hope Valley, low tech is the future!

After X amount of year playing the arms race & watching many an industry standard come and go & reading that my £600 suspension forks need a service every 10hrs of use - it gives me great pleasure to say bollox to trying to keep up and, yes embrace the nu skool low tech of what got me into this mess in the first place. Bring on the cycle revolution....

The change from full sus to hardtail was a noticeable one in terms of comfort and speed for the riding I tend to do but I was pleasantly surprised that the change from hardtail to rigid was far less noticeable. I wouldn'd say rigid was massively less comfortable than a hartail which kind of makes sense when you think that your arms are the best suspension you have really (daft as it sounds!) I want my SS to be the bike I give a quick spray with a hose at the end of a ride (if that!) then just pick up and ride the next time the mood takes me. No sus fork can be ridden through the grinding muddy paste that is the UK without a reasonable amount of attention. SS is about simplifying things IMO so rigid just makes so much sense

I can definitely see your logic and do love the simplicity of singlespeeds, but I'm just not convinced it'll be as much fun (or forgiving when I get it wrong!). I'm also aware that a lot of peeps end up with huge front tires and being a v lightweight rider (45kg) I'm not convinced that the increase in rotating weight wouldn't mitigate the weight saving in fork.

I'm not saying I wouldn't like to give it a try (you guys have certainly got me intrigued!) but I don't have a spare rigid fork to try out & aren't convinced enough by the idea to spend proper money on it. I do enjoy the ride of my 100m HT more than my old Orange Five on my local trails (hence the permanent change) so like I say, never say never! 😉

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I love it!!!

You should get a monkey themed headbadge, too. 😉

@belugabob - your linky doesn't seem to be working 🙁

Like the idea of a monkey-themed headbadge though 🙂

this is it 69ered

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now going 26" both ends and if i manage to sell a kidney or my soul i'd like to get a trickstuff bb.

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Using an alfine tensioner to allow for chain length variations due to suspension.

No image hosting accounts, but mines over there <<<<< in my profile

DMR Bolt - has swop-outs and a BB pivot, so easy to SS.

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Surly Krampus - in hooligan mode, though currently it's got it's rigid forks back on.

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MountainMonkey - I've been wondering the same wonders about suss v rigid v rigid fat. Currently loving the current set up, as above, but:[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fat-front-v-normal-rigid-v-suss-fork ]http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fat-front-v-normal-rigid-v-suss-fork[/url]

Worth a try at some point maybe.

Soul

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Less of a conversion, more of a 2nd hand/parts bin build, converted triple up front with dmr tensioned rear, 32 x 17, farm hack bike, still want some unicrown forks for it, probably cromotos.

qwerty, please tell me that HJ is rust and not paint - looks soooo cool! 8)

My singlespeed squishy . . .
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These two are conversions -

WTB Phoenix

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Klein Mantra

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The Mantra is a URT design so actually works pretty well as a SS.

Presumably by "conversion" you mean taking the mechs off and using a tensioner?

The frame is a Canfield Yelli Screamy.

I tried rigid and didn't get on with it, too shaky-bouty for me. (Maybe I needed a bigger tyre but to mount one safely I'd also need wider rims).

But I also found that, actually, a sus fork works quite well with SS. When up and powering on a bumpy surface climb, the sus actually helps keep forward momentum by adsorbing the trailcrap bumps, there's much less lifting or getting hung up.

I've also moved on from thinking of a 'single speed' as a particular class of bike. I just see my Yelli as an XC/trail bike I love to ride, that happens to have the number of gears on that I need.

The Yelli's slack front end gives it a very planted feel, it climbs well stood up, better than sitting and spinning IMO.

This set up is my go-to bike for local riding in Surrey Hills, I switch it to 1x10 for trail centre weekends in Wales etc.

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qwerty, please tell me that HJ is rust and not paint

HJ is 2007 flat (matt) green, fork is Singular Hummingbird in gloss olive green. Rusty?????? 😉

ps mountainmonkey, feeling better?

And another, now with 44t chainring, V brakes and slickier tyres for (when i do) commute:

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hey MountainMonkey... good to see you're still about 🙂

here's one a made last year.. 1997 GT Alu frame resprayed with steel OnOne forks from an old Inbred and Mavic Crossride rims*hubs. SS converter kit from Charlie the Bike Monger running 42-16.

the little red Rock Lobster is still alive and well btw 🙂

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It was ssec yesterday, you'll find a few ss bikes here

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My new build 🙂

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qwerty - Member

HJ is 2007 flat (matt) green, fork is Singular Hummingbird in gloss olive green. Rusty??????

Ha, apologies 😳 . Looks like rust in the pic - still reckon it'd be cool though 😆 In fact, I want one - may just have to buy a little HJ and leave it out in the rain.

can lend you some pace rc31 carbons to try rigid if you like 🙂

Hey Keva, saw the pic and thought "I know a bike that looks just like that" before I noticed it was you.

Mine, just back from it's second outing round the Peak this weekend.

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Second outing? I didn't realise you were such a part timer

You should have come to ssec, its been so much fun, better than the worlds a couple of years back

Hey Podge, only just getting back to riding after my op in Feb.
Good to hear SSEC was fun.

@belugabob - your linky doesn't seem to be working

Like the idea of a monkey-themed headbadge though

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