No, I brought out the Merida Extreme 900 for that run. I've still got the FG record, I think.

Hey, talking of single speed, Simon van der Aa did WildsideMTB on a singlespeed mountainbike WITH fixed front fork.. Brave man, but he survived and did quite well, finishing in the top 50. He did a lot of running up the steeper hills (but so did a lot of other geared riders) and his only real physical complaint was sore hands. He's one of the faster riders in the TTs. Nice guy, too. Rode a Scapin the last time I was at a TT.