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Currently got a singlecross but my eye is wandering towards a Lemond Poprad predominantly because it's steel and has disc brakes. I'd want to run it ss but after having a dedicated ss frame am I just going to get fed up with a tensioner/magic ratio?
other options would be sticking a disc fork and wheel on the singlecross, waiting for a crosscheck frame to come up or just keeping ploughin on with my singlecross which has been loads of fun so far
As far as I see it a ss should only be a cheap throw together for hacking round on v brakes and old bits .Which brings me onto my quest for a cheap frame and fork for my ss as I hit a tree on my 20 quid diamond back frame and i'm still looking for a cheap enough replacement
am I just going to get fed up with a tensioner/magic ratio?
I would, but up to you!
no- bodged SS's are a pain in the ass and no matter how good a tensioner you use, they will always drop a chain just a the right time to cause maximum owies.
they look like SH1t as well.
AND
Your fisher will never forgive you. It'll plot revenge and when you least expect it, it will explode in shower of carbon just to spite you for flirting with a dirty little scrubber of a bodged bike
no- bodged SS's are a pain in the ass and no matter how good a tensioner you use, they will always drop a chain
Mine is fine
Used my old Kona Caldera as a singlespeed with a tensioner and carbon fork, was fine. So was my previous singlespeed an aging Rocky Mountain altitude.
Currently using an inbred 29er set up as singlespeed. Only difference other than aesthetics is that the rear wheel was a tad easier to get out of the Caldera and RM.
As far as I see it a ss should only be a cheap throw together for hacking round on
*shakes head*
you're prob right tazzy 🙁
you knows it!
It's good fun beating people whilst riding a rigid ss piece of crap though.Especially if they can't ride their bling full sussers for toffee
Glupton has a new log in!
It's even more fun on a lovely blinglespeed, not that I could ever over take anyone.
other than maybe a fat asthmatic carrying a heavy camelback, with flat tyres made of a StickE compound, who's having a bad day, with a hangover.
I might just about manage that