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No_eyed_dear - Member
<snip> Suffice to say though, by the time we got on the road to go home, I could barely keep up with my mate on a geared bike - who is waaay less fit than me - as I was spinning out like crazy.
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Not too long ago I was out with Kramer and Sharkymark, on the Five Dales loop around Chatsworth. At one point you have to cycle along the A6 for about a mile up to Haddon Hall. Sharkymark was on his Blur LT Carbon, blinged to the max, I was on my old singlespeed. Onto the A6, he shifted to big ring, and to one of the smaller rings on the cassette - probably 44-15 or so. On my 32:16 singlespeed I tucked in behind him and drafted him the whole way up the A6, alternating between spinning like an epileptic hamster and coasting. SS can keep up with gears 🙂
spinning like an epileptic hamster
...Been there, done exactly that.
I rest my case. 😉
Perhaps if you need to question the 'point' of a singlespeed maybe its not for you. Everyone to there own
I can say that the friends i have made by riding silly bikes is far greater than years of other riding, and why do people need to get to the end of there ride so quick !
Why not be sociable when out with your mates.
And to all the nay sayers they have probably been dusted by a rigid singlespeed going uphill at some stage.......suck it up 😀
I prefer SS bikes, less maintenance, quieter, less things to think about when riding/racing, and quite invigorating when you give it the beans over something that you thought would beat you.......
For me gears are over complicating, my 27 speed went to a 2x9, and is in the process of going to a 1x9, my geared cross bike is even going from 20speed to a 1x10 for simplicity..........
Riding singlespeeds on flat or undulating terrain is unspeakably dull and frustrating. Hills is what they need.
Pointless willy waving and macho posturing aside, some people just seem to find them *right*. You know that feeling when you get on your bike and think 'this is spot on, I like this'?
Some people just like gears & enjoy riding their bikes....
There are those who s/s,who for some reason think it makes them better than everyone else because they don't use gears.
Then there are those who don't have suspension either,now this lot really are stuck up their own arses....
& then there are those who do all of the above that don't feel the need to harp on about it all the time...After all,it's only bike riding 8)
S/S for me is just another way to ride a bike,it's not better than the geared full susser,it's just different that's all 🙂
nbt - are you up for Dalby a week on Saturday?
Jesus, I thought we'd got all of this shite out of our collective head by about 2002... Question was answered in the 2nd post on the thread. All the rest is just verbal masturbation...
What you read all the posts ?
LOL what a tit 😆
[i]What you read all the posts ?[/i]
Nope, I know what they all say anyway, this has, after all, been done to death... 😉
ive just built up a ss not at my own choice just cani aford gears 😉
SS is great.
For riding to the pub & back when you're blind. Just watch out for homicidal taxis.
I used to have a full suss with lots of gears. Used to pi$$ me off no end suffering from mischanges and crunching.
Sold that and now ride a popular make of cheap steel hardtail that every man and his dog owns. Plus it's credit crunch friendly.
It has slot dropouts. If I'm riding local (South Down, etc) it is in SS mode. If I go to the Wales, Peaks or somewhere with hills I bung gears on the back and turn it into a 1x9 (only takes 1hr of fettling).
Job done; best of both worlds.
As a single speed rider I have nothing against people who ride with gears.
It would be rude of me to make derogatory remarks about people who are so old and frail that they require those mobility aids and who cannot grow a manly beard.
😆
@colande on page 1.....Don't call me Shirley (can't believe nobody did that!)