I’ve enjoyed riding singlespeed,its good fun.Having said that it only works where I live in the summer months when I have,faster ,easier rolling,grippy trails,where I can get good and constant traction and keep momentum.All of which are in very short supply here in the 5 months or so of seemingly wetter and wetter Winters.So for me my humble and cheap £50 NX 11 speed Deraileur with weather proof bushings rather than seizable bearings(and a big bonus – also jetwash proof) – is the little tough marvel that just seems to work,keep working and enables me to ride just about anywhere I want to.
Of course now I’ve said that ,I know whats gonna happen on the next ride .