I picked up a SS a few weeks back from a sales event, 2010 Gary Fisher Triton. While looking at the bike, one of the staff goes to me, "you know it has no gears". Yup I replied. I have a hybrid, and a carbon road bike. The idea was to have something for just booting about, and if I did dump it on a slick surface (ice or other) it would be too bad of a financial hit. Turns out, this bike is a ton of fun to just ride. With a 48T to a 20T it's 65 gear inches which ain't that hard to climb with. Passed a few roadies on the weekend on a climb. It does make you work a bit more, at 30km/h I spin out, but I'm not looking to race it either. I tried the 28's from my hybrid, but they weren't nearly as fun as the 23's it came with.