Originally Posted by Thylacine
Singlespeeds are usually mountainbikes, usually have no gears, and usually a freewheel is attached to the rear wheel, so you can stop pedalling when you need to.
Hey Thylacine, minor pet peeve (what the hell is a peeve anyway?), but singlespeeds have one gear, not no gears. Otherwise I guess they would be velocipedes or zero-speeds. And yes, I'm one of those smartarses you speak of, in more ways than one