View Single Post
Old 11-02-13, 03:27 PM
  #14  
RFC
Senior Member
 
RFC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 4,466

Bikes: many

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 16 Times in 13 Posts
Originally Posted by WNG
Very interesting frame, wasn't aware of its existence. Thanks for sharing.
You have a very unique single speed creation.
Thanks. About 50% of my annual miles are on SS. I presently have four. Recently, a friend, to whom I gave a SS, asked how many I have built. The answer is at least 14. Some went to friends and family, some sold and some converted back to gears. Interestingly, I have several male friends who are actively athletic, i.e., rowers, etc., and wanted to get back into cycling. I fixed them up with SS bikes and they love them. It's a great way to get a strenuous workout in a relatively short time. An hour busting ass on a SS will take care of you. When I ride with my 19-year-old son, he takes off like a rocket and we end up anaerobic and feeling it.

Last week, I was riding one of the SS bikes and started chatting with a guy on a CF Tri bike. He was training for the Tempe Ironman, which is in a couple of weeks. When he noticed I was riding SS, he said, "Singlespeed! That will make you strong! I know triathletes who ride single speed off season to get strong."
RFC is offline