to be fair it would be hard to build a more expensive ss than that Moots even if you dedicated yourself to trying
Don’t temp me…
I could do a build so much nicer for 10k.
“ Who makes a modern geo SS’able frame in steel?”
Pipedream make two very nice ones! I have this one because I wanted a hardtail that felt similar to my 160mm full-sus (ebike) and the singlespeed thing kind of happened by accident:
“I barely see any out there anymore, used to have a couple out on every ride.”
They’re still popular down here, even in a small group it’s rare for me to be the only person on a singlespeed.
@tomhoward you wouldn't be the first to suffer financially from this thread...
Who makes a modern geo SS’able frame in steel?
...Shand...
Got a handful of bikes but it’s my Ridley xnight ss I ride the most.
Commuting and various on off road adventures.
Did 120 miles on the canal the other week
40/19
North Bolton
Eccentric bb and carbon frame. Never had an issue and looks ace
The KONA Unit has fairly modern geometry with sliding dropouts, certainly longer than most when it was updated a few years ago. Not the lightest but they’re marketing it as a bikepacking model now so a bit of heft is probably relative..
Last Wednesday night ride 80% of riders were on singleybobs.
Last Wednesday night ride 80% of riders were on singleybobs.
Last Thursday night, 100% of riders* on our local woodsy/bluebelly/singletracky 45km route were SSers. That loop is ideal SS territory (apart from the 3 bard climbs that increase in bardness in the second half of the ride!)
(* sample size of 3)
