Back From The Single Speed Wilderness - But what is it?
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IbocProSX":99cgau2n said:Very nice indeed, any plans for your build?
I had an advantage in this quiz. thuis is in my shed:
Enjoy!!
Ahhh
I spied your bike over on MTBR but didn't realize it was yours if that makes sense
How do you get on with yours? Looks a 20'' - Same as mine.
Plans for this at the moment is single speed and ridged with lightness in mind.
Would like really low 20's if possible. :?
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I would have thought a ti frame would be too flexy for a SS. When giving it the full beans out-of-the-saddle climbing even my super stiff alu SS frame flexes. Nice looking frame though
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REKIBorter":2qz4hbv2 said:I would have thought a ti frame would be too flexy for a SS. When giving it the full beans out-of-the-saddle climbing even my super stiff alu SS frame flexes. Nice looking frame though
Well I am screwed then - especially with my muscular legs
I don't see how a Ti frame will flex more in a ss guise than it would in a gear guise other than due to the ratio.
I shall be going with a 1:1 ratio just to be sure though
letmetalktomark said:Ahhh
I spied your bike over on MTBR but didn't realize it was yours if that makes sense
How do you get on with yours? Looks a 20'' - Same as mine.
Plans for this at the moment is single speed and ridged with lightness in mind.
Would like really low 20's if possible. :?
Yup I posted this on the Voodoo thread on MTBR too. I'm getting on with it just fine, best riding was on a long weekend to the dunes near Bergen, with a dozen bumps up to 50m elevation that's about as good as it gets in Holland
It was as happy climbing and descending or even hammering the big ring on the flats. threaded it's way nicely in the woodsy singletrack too.I had planned to go light and V-brakes but it rides nice like this. I've been fettling the set-up a bit and have settled on a -6° stem now for the high front end. The bike was sold in the UK with a 140mm Fox, but I like it best with the Pace wound back from 130mm to around 100-110mm. This works out at some 70° head angle, and the BB is high enough not to have any pedal strikes.The rear sliders are solid too, no issues with them even though I am a bit of a masher.
Enjoy!!
