Originally Posted by rtwilli4

It might take you no extra time to maintain a gear bike, but for most of us, it does. Keeping everything shifting right, keeping it all clean, buying a stand and the tools needed to tune it and eventually replace parts... it IS more work. With a single speed you just keep the chain lubed and you're good. I haven't ruled out gears, but if I can't find the perfect gear bike then I'm sticking w/ the SS.