Originally Posted by dauphin
I hear a lot about fixie's on the BF threads but not that much about singlespeeds. Just curious, do any of you own/ride singlespeeds? What do you think of the concept? How do you decide if that type of bike will work in your area?
So just do it. If after a while you decide it isn't for you, chalk it up as tuition in the school of bicycle knowledge and try something else.
To me that's part of the beauty of bicycling. It's relatively affordable to try different things. Even if they don't work the way you had envisioned, you never really lose because you always learn something new through the process.