sweet looking charge, they feel so nice to ride as well, cromo and all. Have fun, ss is a ball if not too many mountains, hills turn you into superman after a whilePicked this up todayFirst foray into SS.
big climbs are where SS shinessweet looking charge, they feel so nice to ride as well, cromo and all. Have fun, ss is a ball if not too many mountains, hills turn you into superman after a while
Provided you're not in walk mode...big climbs are where SS shines
I have a generic XL alloy HT 29er frame you can have for a couple of longnecks if you're into building your own. 44mm head tube with vert dropouts so may need ENO/eccentric/ tensioner or magic gear. In Adelaide.I am in Adelaide, and 193 cm, I ride a lage Comic Solaris
Fixed off road is insane! I've played about with fixed gear on a single speed cyclocross bike with a flip-flop, fixed-free hub.. Fixed was fun on easy-to-mild, non technical single track but as soon as the going got techy... bloody hell!Any of you guys doing this fixed..
I hope my rigid Charge Duster does the same for me.View attachment 334810
Been riding my little Cotic Simple after work of late. Short jaunts through local haunts (pictured is Fletchers Eddy, Weld River, Tasmania). I like this bike so much
single speeds are a slippery slope... off-road, I've ridden single speeds exclusively since 2008. Just can't cope with the sound of gears, the slightest bit of noise with a poor chain-line does my head in. Suspension was the next to go.. went rigid in 2010 and never really looked back. Have tried suspension three times in the past seven years and I just find it confusing.. where is the fork going to put the wheel through corners? The compression kills me. I like rigid and knowing just how your fork will track through corners. ....and I hate bike maintenance, there isn't much that needs doing on a rigid single speed. Hope you don't 'go the full retard' like me... ...but if you do make sure you track me down at the Australian Single Speed Nationals in Melrose this yearI hope my rigid Charge Duster does the same for me.
Yep Benny i hear you. I reckon some 160 cranks to keep the pedal strikes to a minimum and it will be happy daysFixed off road is insane! I've played about with fixed gear on a single speed cyclocross bike with a flip-flop, fixed-free hub.. Fixed was fun on easy-to-mild, non technical single track but as soon as the going got techy... bloody hell!
About 110rpm sees me to 23kph on 32/19x29. Super annoying on the flats as I can't keep my heart rate low at 120rpm+ luckily I spend very little time on the flats and fire trails as it's all single track and climbing out of the saddle. Contemplating going to an 18t on the back but it will be hard work with where I ride. Can be done but need more legs. Started with a 20t many months ago which was good advice from another SSer.I don't have a Speedo so this is all seat of the pants. I finally got to do a few ks with the new sprocket (28x15x26inch wheel) around 49 gear inch. Doing about 85 rpm feels about 20kph. I know that's f ing SLOW. But i can spin a lot faster than 85rpm, so the 20kph is somewhat irrelevant. That's my baseline cruising/resting speed. Which brings me to hills. Oh god it's so nice, to just sit there and spin up hills. Only really have to get out the saddle for technical climbing or when things get super steep.
I have a few months left of riding before I kick it up a gear. We are starting to ride really pinchy climbs here and they're hard work. Some of the trails I ride when I go away could do with the 18t on the back though so I have one laying aroundGday Goobags you have basically the exact same gear inches that i do. You could split the difference of going to a 18 tooth sprocket, & instead get a 33 tooth sprocket. That would give you about 50.3 gear inches.
So that couple of months of fitness before putting the 18t on was a lie. Did over 50ks mostly on the road and through some awesome single track that's heaps flatter than usual around here. 100rpm saw 24kph. Did some got stints at 120rpm excellent training but hard work.Gday Goobags you have basically the exact same gear inches that i do. You could split the difference of going to a 18 tooth sprocket, & instead get a 33 tooth sprocket. That would give you about 50.3 gear inches.
That looks familiar. Where is this training hill?This is my training hill. It's just as hard on the way down as on the way up. I do it 5 times then call it a day.