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PrinceJohn - Member
Kryton57, the decade has a nicer colour scheme, the matt black front end and the white gloss looks stunning... Think the tyres are a bit bigger too
I agree, looks like the winner so far, just need to make sure my work bonus isn't a cock up and actually ends up in my account at the end of the month before I pull the trigger.
I really miss my Kinesis Decade Versa SS, I wish I'd have kept it. Hopefully this might take me on new (CX) ventures!
My SS bike has just been 650B+'d, but I am sure it will go 1x1 again.
Just built up a SS road ENO wheel to replace my difficult to justify SS road bike.
Really don't ever think I'll be going back to gears anytime soon. Been soley SS for 6 years now.
Caad10 SS 46/18 for summer commute
Pompino 44/18 for winter commute/general duties
Swift 32/18 or 20 for MTB
Planning a SS steel/ti disc gravel type thing to maybe rule them all.
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Karate Monkey Ops, my most favourite bike ever!
Yes, it's ace. 26" steel love hate, fixed carbon forks and chunky tyres. Hope bearingy bits and rnr blue to avoid winter maintenance. Now stop talking about it and get out there.
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I'm back in the gang.
First ride this morning, it was bloody lovely!
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AdamML - Member
Yes, sscx (On-One Pompino) is my only bike. I'd probably only swap it for a Ti version.
Ti Pompino is very nice. Shame they only made one.
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Finally popped Juan's cherry properly with 60k at a cold but sunny CyB today
Ti Pompino is very nice. Shame they only made one.
That is a lovely looking bike.
Yes I have 3 mountain bikes all rigid single speeds. A cool old school 853 steel, 26" wheel, carbon rigid fork, middleburn crank, square taper bb, bike. Also 2 black sheep single speeds - a 29er and a fat bike. Love them all!
How many of you have a suspension fork on your SS's?
Yes- 150mm, 20mm axle, 35mm-stanchioned goodness 😀
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Fat, fully rigid and singlespeed. Niche box checked 😉
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thegreatape - Member
How many of you have a suspension fork on your SS's?
That gets stored in the same box as the derailleurs... 🙂
[quote=thegreatape ]How many of you have a suspension fork on your SS's?
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I think it depends on where you live/mainly ride though
Swoopy woods and grassy climbs it's fine
rocks and mountains less fine
There are hardcore exceptions to this rule and fat gives a few " of "travel"
29er Inbred - SS Rigid, Never liked how this rode with gears or a bouncy forks & prefer this set up
Inbred 26" - SS & Reba's (it just rides better with a bouncy fork)
Scandal 29er - Has many guises - SS - rigid - 1x10 - 100mm or 130mm fork - rides great in all of them. At the moment it' s1x10 with a carbon rigid fork..
Kona Paddy Wagon - Bought last year off fleabay for a steal with the intention of doing some nice long road rides....After a few altercations with motorists I've decided road riding is not for me anymore & it sits in the turbo for winter usage.... may try & get out on it again in the summer..
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As I started the thread I suppose I should add a picture of my one geared bicycle.
Well, thanks to this thread 3/4 of my bikes are singlespeed...
How many were SS before?
A question for those SSers who have disc brakes - do you use any form of chain tensioner to compensate for chain stretch?
track dropout and a bolt up axle here, haven't adjusted the rear brake in 2 years
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my fave singlespeed.
whitestone - Member
A question for those SSers who have disc brakes - do you use any form of chain tensioner to compensate for chain stretch?
Eccentric BB on my Sanderson. If the wheel needs to come out then it just goes straight back into the dropout, no fiddling with track ends or tugs.
Same here. EBB shell and insert on the singulars, philcentric on the normal English BB shell on the other.
Tensioner on my old sanderson.
EBB on my old swift
Swinging dropouts on my el-mariachi.
Plenty of solutions to SS+disks without having to adjust the disk relative to the rotor.
I've been commuting on a 20 year old single speed. Kona for the past five years love it no pissing about with gears .
Since moving from the south downs to Northamptonshire I've ditched mine. Counterintuitivly so singlespeed is rubbish on the flat but great in hills.
My 3yr old twins both ride SS though!
Counterintuitivly so singlespeed is rubbish on the flat but great in hills.
run a "bigger" gear 😉
Exactly, just need to get the right gear for the area/riding you do. It will always be a compromise such is the nature of having one gear but you need to get the best compromise.
Even changes from winter to summer.