You get one speed only
05-02-19 | 04:06 PM
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feros ferio
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From: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I'll keep my gears, thank you. 
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
05-02-19 | 07:50 PM
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From: SW Fl.
Bikes: 1999 DAHON Mariner, Day6 Semi Recumbent "FIREBALL", 1981 Custom Touring Paramount, 1983 Road Paramount, 2013 Giant Propel Advanced SL3, 2018 Specialized Red Roubaix Expert mech., 2002 Magna 7sp hybrid, 1976 Bassett Racing 45sp Cruiser
One gear is just too lonely for my bikes......
05-03-19 | 11:52 AM
#8
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"One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do."
I like this bike because it has 25 speeds:
North Vybe: Road Bike
I like this bike because it has 25 speeds:
North Vybe: Road Bike
05-03-19 | 06:01 PM
#11
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From: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
"One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do."
I like this bike because it has 25 speeds:
North Vybe: Road Bike
I like this bike because it has 25 speeds:
North Vybe: Road Bike
How do they figure that out?
It seems to be one size fits all.
Last edited by big john; 05-03-19 at 08:36 PM.
05-03-19 | 08:08 PM
#12
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SS can be fun but I live in CO. Being at a suboptimal gear 80% of the time isn't fun. Yep, one can do it, but there is no impetus to do so. I gave up the SS/FG thing 20 years ago. I would be tempted if ever going back to coastal FL though.
05-05-19 | 09:09 AM
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I'm the anecdote.
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From: S.E. Texas
Bikes: '12 Schwinn, '13 Norco
If I ever went single speed, I want to be cable free with an old school coaster brake. Childhood memories on a bigger bike.
But honestly, I'd cheat and get a bike with a kickback hub or something.
Oh, who am I kidding. I don't have room in the garage and the wife would go nuts.
But honestly, I'd cheat and get a bike with a kickback hub or something.
Oh, who am I kidding. I don't have room in the garage and the wife would go nuts.
05-05-19 | 10:38 AM
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From: NW,Oregon Coast
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One speed drive train , Planetary gears in hub & crankset .. hills constrain the river as it enters the sea here ..
tried a 1 speed , 71.5" gear , was not making me happy so I stripped it apart again..
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tried a 1 speed , 71.5" gear , was not making me happy so I stripped it apart again..
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05-05-19 | 02:03 PM
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From: Portland, OR
Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder
I love fix gears. Heard about the 3-speed Sturmey-Archers 40+ years ago from the guru-to-be but got the impression they were not up to racing abuse and I was a racer. So it was 1 X 1 for decades. But I started justing for fix gears I could take into the hills as an older man so I had a frame built with a dropout long enough to run any 1/8" cog. Loved it, Next step was a real shop quality big chainwhip that attaches to the toptube and weighs 16 oz. Now I could leave the house with a 17,23 fix-fix wheel and carry a 12 tooth for the big descent. Heaven!
Later I took this one step further and set another bike up triple chainline; the 1/8" chainrings and 3 cogs, two on one side. For a trial run, I took this with that same chainwhip and a newly acquired 24 tooth on the Trask River Trail to the Oregon coast. 18% gravel both up and down.
JohnDThompson - sweet ride! I like the others here but that bike is special.
Ben
Later I took this one step further and set another bike up triple chainline; the 1/8" chainrings and 3 cogs, two on one side. For a trial run, I took this with that same chainwhip and a newly acquired 24 tooth on the Trask River Trail to the Oregon coast. 18% gravel both up and down.
JohnDThompson - sweet ride! I like the others here but that bike is special.
Ben
05-06-19 | 07:30 AM
#18
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From: Middle of the road, NJ
Single speed and no suspension, I called mine "the bike of truth". (it's even orange)
I just changed my ridged single speed 29'er to an 11 x 1. I rode it SS for a few years, it's time for a change.
I just changed my ridged single speed 29'er to an 11 x 1. I rode it SS for a few years, it's time for a change.
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