Yup, single speed road rider here. In fact, it is my only bike and a new one at that. I used to race off-road SS and stoped racing about 2 years ago. haven't had gears on my mtb for the last 3 years of racing. Now that I'm not racing mtb I just ride the road. So, I sold my mtb (funds were tight) and purchased a new geared road bike. When selecting this ride, I was looking for a good frame and fork with descent wheels and didn't care about the groupo. I ended up with a Kinesis frame with carbon fork and a 105 groupo. The very first thing I did before even going on my first ride with it was strip the gears and shifters, put on new brake only levers that I purchased at the same time as the bike, removed the double chainrings; replaced with a 42 single ring, removed the cog cluster and spaced out for the 17t single cog, and added a chain tensioner. I have been riding nothing but that going on the bikes second season. I was originally looking for a fixed track bike to convert to ss but found a very good deal on a geared bike so went with it. Besides the track geometries may have been a bit steep for long road rides. The area I live in is very hilly so the gearing gives me a tough workout for climbs and helps with my spin on the flats. I like it.