Originally Posted by
gobot
I would advise against a single speed bike...
As a fellow large male, I will honestly say that I NEED the lower gears on my mountain bike. If your one gear ratio is low enough for you to go uphill,its going to be painfully slow on flat roads. If its high enough for you to go fast on flat roads, you just won't be able to go uphill at all. I just can't imagine it will be fun.
To be honest with you I don't even enjoy shifting gears at all on my current ride. I pretty much leave it in the highest gear for much of my riding. When I start shifting I hear a bunch of noises I don't like. I have a great deal of fear that something will go wrong. It's probaly the cheapness of the componants of the yukon. My physique certainly does not help one bit.
I think one of the reasons I want to go with the SS is the simplicity of it. Am I that far off base?