Singlespeed - Is It Still A Thing?

I have two. They are both old.

I really want an actual modern steel 29er rigid ss which is nice but not massively expensive.

On-one / Planet-x used to offer a large range of SS frames, but they don't seem to be in vogue anymore...

Damn you! Now I want to make my Scandal into a single speed instead of selling it as a rolling chassis

Kona Unit, Pipedream Moxie, Sonder something or other, plenty out there.

Don't think I've ever seen many about

Rigid's and hardtails seem to be increasingly less common though

I guess there may be less new, full-build SS available nowadays?

My 2 main bikes are both single speed:

MTB: Stooge MK4 (32x20)

Everything Else: Surly Cross Check (42x20)

It took time to get used to them, and they're not perfect if you focus on average speed on a ride, but I personally enjoy the concept of pedalling harder if you need to go faster and having less stuff to go wrong! My dream singlespeed MTB would be a Starling Beady Little Eye, or a Jones LWB/29+ but the Stooge is bloody brilliant and I can't really see myself selling it.

As things have gotten heavier and I've gotten older and the places to ride have gotten hiller, I've gradually moved away and onto lightweight hardtails where possible. I've had two singlespeeds in the past 10 years (I still have a roadie), A Singular Pegasus and a Niner Air 9, both very light, but still very specialist. My local trails are too steep and rocky on the climbs to make them doable and those same climbs aren't as good when descending rigid. Shame as I like the general flow of a SS.

Since Brant moved into the trouser business the bottom has fallen out of the market.

It was only his powers of persuasion that kept them selling! 🙂

My sole mountain bike is a Voodoo Wanga SS. I don't use it as much as I'd like to but when I do I love it.

On One Huntsman, Kona Unit, there are a Trek and a Specialized hardtail, that's about it for 'modern', some Sonders I think?

Stooge if there's any left in the next batch, Singular (still seems to be coming soon for about 4 years), Shand.

Anything with PF30 BB can be easily adapted, and some BB30's. Trikstuff Exentriker for BSA frames.

But having said all that seemed like at least half to two thirds of SSUK was running a tensioner of some sort last year. And of the remainder half were something old, and half were something custom/bling.

They're definitely not "you must have an SS in the shed" popular anymore, that niche has been taken by fat bikes and then gravel bikes. I've still got 3 (Winter road, 'track' and MTB) though! I'm tempted to get something custom from XCAD or Walty next time unless someone starts making nice 853 frames for a similar budget.

SS is still a thing if you want it to be. I've got 2, a 2021 Bombtrack Arise and a 2019 Santa Cruz Chameleon. Kona, Pipedream and Sonder also do SS. On One seem to have got back onto the SS bandwagon with the Huntsman which is a steel SS hardtail.

I run a Ragley BigWig with a BB-mounted tensioner... looks a bit neater than the rear tensioners (but I've used both over the years with zero issues). 150mm Pike, modern-ish geometry, so it's pretty capable, but in SS guise light enough for quick XC blasts.

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There are some SS specific frames if you want / have the cash. The On One Huntsman is the obvious budget choice for a (rather poorly spec'd) full build ... but there's no need to overthink/overspend it ... just find a frame/rolling chassis/full bike and SS it!

Are you looking new or used?

For used, aside from the obvious (here, pinkbike, ebay) there are a few single-speed groups on facebook and the steel is real is worth a look to. Failing that there is the hideousness of the general facebook marketplace

There was a whole singlespeed cottage industry for a while but the arrival of really good, reliable 1x drivetrains seems to have largely killed them.

In my past experience people tended to go singlespeed as a reaction to overly complex, noisy, unreliable, heavy, complicated triple chainring set-ups. Current MTB drivetrains have greatly improved on all these fronts.

This thread might help:
https://www.mtbr.com/threads/singlespeed-bikes-and-frames-fy22.1198687/

Most people won't ride SS so putting the extra weight, cost and complexity of a sliding dropout on a frame "just in case" seems to have fallen out of favour.

The bikepacking trend seems to have reinvigorated more SS friendly frames but usually with lack lustre geo. I went custom as there was nothing on the market close to what I was after. Several years of rigid SS only and happy 🙂

If you don't mind BB tensioning then finding a larger than BSA shell and fitting an eccentric BB opens up a lot more frame options.

Chameleon, Kona honzo, the two pipedreams, salsa (if you can get one!). There's still a good few about. Two of us last night on a five man ride and that could have been three if a mate had ridden his other bike.

I have an 26" Inbred SS in the shed. 2006 vintage.

It is in bits.

There was a whole singlespeed cottage industry for a while but the arrival of really good, reliable 1x drivetrains seems to have largely killed them.

In my past experience people tended to go singlespeed as a reaction to overly complex, noisy, unreliable, heavy, complicated triple chainring set-ups. Current MTB drivetrains have greatly improved on all these fronts.

I think forks were actually the bigger factor.

Rockshox were rubbish
Manitou blew up their dampers
Fox ate their stanchions

So the natural solution for local winter rides was a rigid bike and save the nice bike for big days out. Extrapolating that thought a bit further you ended up with singlespeeds.

Gears on the other hand, GX/XT is now £100+ even if you wait for a sale stacked on a discount code stacked on a pricing error with free shipping. £30 chains and £100 mechs too. I'm surprised there aren't more people converting to SS (with a bouncy fork now).

That and the proliferation of new standards and geometry. A 26" inbred is a whole lot less appealing when you have to buy new parts specifically for it rather than hand-me-downs, and your new longer, slacker, comfier, dropper posted, 29er is just better in every way. And people aren't likely to spend money to replace something that was supposed to be a cheap hack? Maybe in another 5 years it'll come back around when people have built up a critical mass of 'old but good' 29er boost wheels, forks, etc and shopping around for a basic frame to hang them off.

After being inspired by a buddy building up one of his old Stanton Sherpa frames as an SS, I picked up a surly 1x1 frame a little while ago, have been collecting parts to get it built up, nearly got all the bits now so the day is getting closer, cannot wait until it’s done and ready to ride

Plan is to keep it rigid for now whilst I find a good deal on some compatible bouncy forks

There was a whole singlespeed cottage industry for a while but the arrival of really good, reliable 1x drivetrains seems to have largely killed them.

In my past experience people tended to go singlespeed as a reaction to overly complex, noisy, unreliable, heavy, complicated triple chainring set-ups. Current MTB drivetrains have greatly improved on all these fronts.

There may be some truth in that, but single speed is hardly dead.

External drivechains are now heavier at the rear end than 3x9 was, just as complicated relative to a single speed (removing the front mech doesn't narrow the gap significantly), and they remain far, far more expensive -- perhaps more so

People have said that Sonder do singlespeeds three times now, which bikes are you referring to?

Edit: Google says Broken Road.

Santa Cruz still does swap-out singlespeed dropouts for the Chameleon I think.

As a leftfield solution, if you can find an outboard eccentric bottom bracket - I'm pretty sure there's at least one option still out there - you can do a neat conversion on some geared frames at least.

People have said that Sonder do singlespeeds three times now, which bikes are you referring to?

I was wondering that. The Broken Road has sliding dropouts, but I don't think they do a stock SS version

the arrival of really good, reliable 1x drivetrains seems to have largely killed them.

How very dare you say such a thing

Gears is gears

SS never dies (it just gets a bit saggy)

i`m riding mine this lunchtime!

Mine is a dartmoor Primal with Bird rigid forks and a butchered blackspire stinger chain device. Also 27.5 plus wheels and tyres (their only valid use!)

no idea why you would pay extra for a SingleSpeed specific frame?? seems a bit pointless to me and limits whimsical changes you might make depending on what and where you are going riding.

I`m based on teh south downs so gnarly hills are hard to come by and rigid ss keeps teh xc trails interesting.

I was wondering that. The Broken Road has sliding dropouts, but I don’t think they do a stock SS version

Stock SS bikes? HEATHEN!

As a leftfield solution, if you can find an outboard eccentric bottom bracket – I’m pretty sure there’s at least one option still out there – you can do a neat conversion on some geared frames at least.

Trickstuff.

Part of the reason for wanting one is to have something thats the polar opposite for off road riding to my long, slack full sus. I'm not even bothered about 26/27.5/29, I just want something that'll provide a nice option in all weathers/conditions for some very basic/boring bridleway riding from my doorstep but also let me go for a big spin over the moors if I fancied it... first ride on my first SS was Cut Gate and it was brilliant 🙂

Oh and it needs to be steel as well... might have a look at Surlys, they'd slipped my mind. Ideally I want my old Curtis S1 back... one of the few bikes I regret selling...

I was wondering that. The Broken Road has sliding dropouts, but I don’t think they do a stock SS version

Stock SS bikes? HEATHEN!

Ha, fair enough. But if we are just talking about single speed compatible frames here, clearly they are far from dead and the list can get very long

My search has gotten even now niche nowadays though, as I also want a belt drive

In fact, I'm dreaming of a belt-drive 2-speed, with a Classified hub (that def makes me a Heathen, but I am moving to Switzerland, where the mountains somewhat overshadow those of Yorkshire)

I'm an avid singlespeeder, 7 bikes, 4 are SS, two Singular (Peregrine and Gryphon), a Stooge Mk1 and a Bombtrack Needle...with the new Stooge Speedbomb coming..

I find it hard to describe why i like it, i like the physicality of it and the fact that after a long ride, my shoulders and arms are as tired as my legs, also it makes you ride in a different way, trying to carry momentum and making sure you look ahead to see what is coming more, also i think as a "well built" gent brought up as a rugby prop forward, i'm much better at low cadence grinding than i am spinning up hills I find.

It's definitely one of those things you find enjoyable or daft!

Singlespeed-able frames and parts do seem to be on the decrease, but still plenty out there..all the Stooge and new Singular come with EBB

A couple of lesser-known SS options:

https://olsenbikes.co.uk/
https://spacycles.co.uk/m11b0s143p4971/SPA-CYCLES-Titanium-Rove-Frameset
https://spacycles.co.uk/m11b0s143p5091/SPA-CYCLES-Rove-725-Frameset

The Spa 725 Rove is a bargain. I came accross it by accident -- their marketing team must be terrible

Yeah but no but.

Commute on a fixed and that's my general pop-round-the-shops bike.

My CX race bike is SS, but I didn't race CX at all over the winter. Addition of a (geared) gravel bike fairly recently has seen it gather dust a bit.

100mm 29er XC hardtail SS has been robbed for several parts by Tyred Jr the elder without my knowledge - it was great when I was a bit younger and fitter and happy to race on it, and was ideal for riding with the kids as it levelled things up, but they're older and faster now so I wouldn't keep up with them on it. Keep meaning to resurrect it, but the fork is pretty much done.

Keep meaning to do a dirt jump/pump track/general-rag-about resurrection of my 26" Bfe and a BB-mounted tensioner, but there's a queue of jobs in front of that.

Kona Unit

I assumed they'd stopped making those a few years ago, but they are still a thing.

Reynolds 520 tubing, rigid fork and seatpost, very cheap hydro brakes, WTB rims and Rekon tyres for just £1500! 😀

Yep, they're still a thing - my Scandal 29er V2 makes for a very fine SS, and quite a few folk around here run SS as their winter / sloppy conditions bike.

I'd quite like to swap from the current XL frame to a L though, just in case anyone out there fancies going the other way or wants to buy an XL frame.

Drop me a line if interested in a voodoo bizango frame that has the sliding drop-outs. OK, so the colour isn't to everyone's taste, but paired with a carbon fork it'd make for a pretty light SS.

strong agree with Hatter - a shifter, a derailleur and a cassette isn't much harder to do than a SS and gives a lot more versatility, most SS are converted hubs...

As my fitness drops, my gears increase. Was single speed singular swift, then went alfine 8 speed, now gone 11 speed. I seem to change it every 1/2 year so imagine it will be back to SS before the end of the year.

Surly cross check currently fixed road gear set up but thinking of making this a more CX type ride with easier SS freewheeling ride.

My wife now rides my santa cruz chameleon, It is now truly a retro ride, sliding dropouts and made in the US from scaffalding pipes. This used to be single speed but my wife prefers to mash the gears.

i really want to get a nice ss bike for both a runaround and for riding

my ideal bike would be some sort of gravel ss bike that wasn't too expensive but good at the same time. not a clue what to look for or price range tbh but nothing expensive.

I have one I'm trying to sell. I think it's in the classifieds still.

26" rigid inbred with a fresh powder coat.

Pm if you are interested

I tarted it up but the moved jobs so it doesn't get used anymore. It used to be great for local trails and I loved the simplicity. Bit flat and dull from where I work now so the gravel bike gets used more to cover the ground quickly.

my ideal bike would be some sort of gravel ss bike that wasn’t too expensive but good at the same time. not a clue what to look for or price range tbh but nothing expensive.

Charge Plug 1 or Grinduro, later ones had disk brakes but even new they were being sold for as little as £400 with hydraulic brakes. About the only thing I'd consider swapping my rim braked one for is a Disk version (which will necessitate an expensive fixed/disk 135mm hub) or an All City (which aren't cheap).

Genesis Day One is another gravel ss that shouldn't be too hard to find

Otherwise, they get expensive, All City, Soma, or Surly to a lesser degree

I nearly SS'd my Wolverine before I got a Rohloff

a shifter, a derailleur and a cassette isn’t much harder to do than a SS and gives a lot more versatility, most SS are converted hubs

Yeah but no. You do you though. It's all bikes 👍

Couldn’t find anything with geometry I liked to replace my old Genesis High Latitude SS, so got a (cheap) custom one done. Turned out way better than I’d expected.

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I think forks were actually the bigger factor.

Not for me, my route into SS was that I wanted the same bike experience but without the wear and washing requirements. I didn't feel the need to remove all the technology and I've long held the view that rigid MTB is crap*.  But the limiting factor was always going to be me, I could (and did) ride SS around the Chilterns for a couple of years and occasional trips to the trail centres in S Wales, but then I moved to somewhere where the trails held up a bit better in winter, but at the same time were much more vertiginous. The gears soon went back on. 1x systems mean that it was easier than it might've otherwise been.

* I get that other's enjoy it, whatever, don't care; you may as well ride a road bike.

I think there's definitely a Goldilocks spot for SS, not flat, not too hilly, but somewhere in the middle Chilts, Cotswolds, etc

I think there’s definitely a Goldilocks spot for SS, not flat, not too hilly, but somewhere in the middle Chilts, Cotswolds, etc

I think a very hilly place may also work, so you could gear for the hills and coast down. Like this guy

https://meatengines.com/f/is-north-shore-rigid-single-speeding-for-you-for-ryan

As for rigid, def an aquired taste... I tried suspension recently after years without it. I think I prefer a 100mm fork and 2.3"ish tyres to a rigid with the 2.6/2.8" tyres that I'd need to feel OK on the same trails

I think you're more likely to see an older 90s/00s SS conversion now than a Gucci custom Steel framed 29er actually designed to be SS, these days.

I do wonder if 12mm bolt through rear wheels (142/148) have sort of killed Slot dropout SS frames off a bit. At the height of SS-MTB-ness a few years ago it was pretty simple, any 135mm hub would fit, QR or nutted, Disc or not and such wheels were plentiful, nowadays everyone has a bolt through wheel in the back of their geared MTB. Any 'cast-off' spare wheel in the back of the shed are more likely to be 142x12 now and thus may not be adaptable to a 135mm frame.

Of course you can get clever frames with EBBs or pivoted 12mm Dropouts etc, but that's a bit more of an investment, when the original beauty of SS MTBs was simplicity; a basic slotted dropout cut from a bit of plate, and an extant, common standard hub that just worked together, once those things became less common it sort of makes the whole task of assembling an SS-MTB a more complex, costly exercise and people just stopped bothering I think.

Technically My only SS bike now is a Fixed town/pub bike thing (120mm spaced with a slot dropout & no rear brake to worry about). Funnily enough I was stripping it last night and mulling over rebuild options to make it useful for the summer...

hmm, true, although a lot of ss frames were running sliders even before 12mm rear axles came along -- Kona Unit/Explosif, Ritchey P29, Orange P7, Pace things

As for rigid, def an aquired taste…

I'm blaming quite how knackered my wrists and thumbs are on 15 years of rigid forks on inappropriate trails.

Tempted by a Stooge to se if those forks really do make a difference, but they're £££ even 2nd hand.

hmm, true, although a lot of ss frames were running sliders even before 12mm rear axles came along — Kona Unit/Explosif, Ritchey P29, Orange P7, Pace things

True, but every other frame sold seemed to be a slot dropout inbred.

I went singlespeed MTB for the first time a year ago. It’s brilliant! I wasn’t really planning to, the Pipedream Moxie frame I’d ordered had sliding dropouts which I thought would be good for adjusting the handling but as it took quite a few months to arrive a singlespeed plan hatched - and I’m now a year in and have very little desire to put gears back on.

It’s my attempt to build up a hardtail that feels as similar as possible to my 160mm Levo, but like it’s been crossbred with a BMX for the back half. (Yes, that’s a 160mm fork, Yes, the brakes really are that big. Yes, those are indeed handguards.)

Tempted by a Stooge to se if those forks really do make a difference, but they’re £££ even 2nd hand.

Not sure they made a massive difference for me. Especially next to something like an bendy Exotic carbon

My MK4 Stooge was brilliant though, I shouldn't have sold it

As for slot dropouts, I found them really annoying, until I got a 10mm thux axle hope hub that would drop straight out without having to untension the chain or remove a mudguard

Travers SS in the Garage for the winter slop in Calderdale - Awesome Bike 😎

Got this Salsa Juan Solo scandium in the attic, was a brilliant bike to ride, very light and stiff

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True, but every other frame sold seemed to be a slot dropout inbred.

I do like the Surly knot boost slot dropout design -- 142x12mm, 148x12mm and 135x10mm compatible I think

I think there’s definitely a Goldilocks spot for SS, not flat, not too hilly, but somewhere in the middle Chilts, Cotswolds, etc

I moved from the Chilterns to the Cotswolds a year+ ago and it's still hurting to be a SSer here. I have a 21 on the back where there was a 19, I think that change hurt most to begin with.

I ran a SS HT along my FS geary from 2003 to 2011, all on 26ers. I had a great time on them, especially the last which was a ti 456.

Their demise occured over the course of 2011 and coincided with transitioning my HT to 29er.

I found the new wagon-wheeler so capable I wanted to do more with it than SS would allow. At first I ran a 9 speed on the back, then a range extender with 10 speed, and skipped 11 speed entirely to go in on 12 speed.

My first one in 2003 - the almost ubiquitous inbred.

The last of my 26er HT's. My Ti456 SS

My very current geared HT - Custom Kingdom Vendetta.

I rode thousands of commuting miles on my Genesis Flyer singlespeed road bike but now it's sat unloved in the cellar. It may be time to resurrect it. It needs a new chainring, chain and freewheel so not a huge outlay. Much cheaper than a new bike anyway.

My main bike at the mo is my ss inbred which is perfect for here in the mountain ranges of mid Suffolk, 2 sets of wheels one with race kings for tunstall and thetford (sandy), the other with trailrakers for the clay and slopfest around here.

all of my bikes are singlespeeds, still rag the hoop of them and ride a few times a week, the biggest deciding factor is which bike goes with the beard on which days

titdy beard all neatly waxed- Trek stache or stooge rambler drop bar thing

Lumberjack/hobo/serial killer - Stooge motobastard

radagast the brown- jeff jones fat front space frame

for the most funnest singlespeeds, stooge is best if you can get in on order or a lucky enough to grab a second hand one (the hold value really well among the stoogey fanatics)

singular make gorgeous retro clean lines bikes with a lovely xc geometry

surly are always fun, but bloody hell they are expensive in the uk these days

if you want cheap and cheerful something like the on one huntsman is a good bet

Ahh...the inbreds,still got my 29r ss gathering dust..thoughts of riding the rolling hills of Dorset in more fitter days when the knees alot forgiving..there Shirley must be an inbred bike heaven somewhere..#wheredidtheinbredsgo

I commute on a genesis day one 42x20, enjoy it as something different and a good workout on the hilla on the way home.

I used to have a Scandal V2 I ran as single speed, good fun too.

On my second El Mar frame, after regretfully selling my first.
Fully rigid, carbon fork, 32/18 gears and just put a -2° headset on to slacken the 71° HA out a tad.
Use it mainly as my commuting bike into work with 32c tyres on or I put my Microshift Advent X drivetrain on, 2.3s and crack the Skyline trail at Glyncorwygg.
Love the adjustable drop outs on the frame,I have a small which I'm on the limit on and am on the lookout for a medium........😁

My cycling group, around 1/3 now have SS, some have had them for ages, others have just got into it. Its not horribly hilly where we are so the short sharp climbs are enough of a challenge for us as we're not a young bunch.

After running an old steel DeKerf as a SS with a tensioner for a while I picked up a Singlular Hummingbird on the classifieds and still ride it about twice a month. Picked up some rigid Singular forks for it about a year ago but not gone 69er....yet.

I've also got a Genesis Day One that I use as a pub-bike but also for chilled Sunday spins.

Singlespeed is the business.

My fav bike, and best bike I’ve ever ridden, is my custom Starling Beady Big Eye

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Surly Krampus is another - I ran mine with 3" tyre and gears - comfy rigid.

I still use my Stooge Mk2 every now and then. It's set up singlespeed, rigid 27.5 x 3.0 and while it is undeniably a chunky beast it's great for just popping out for a ride.

My favourite most ridden bike is my Shand rigid singlespeed. When I break something on it I lose interest in solo riding, gears just feel a bit meh.

OneUp compliant 35mm bars, Revgrips and recently, a 2.6" front tyre are normally all the suspension I need!

Living at one of the hilliest points of the South Downs, my rides average about 250m of ascent per 10km (130m per 10 miles). Grind up and tuck for the downhills 🙂

PS Recent upgrade to belt drive, should've done it ages ago...I literally don't need to wash the bike...at all! It's raining now so tempted to put it outside and let it soak as the mud is starting to add up!

Another massive fan here. My Singular Rooster gets the most miles of any of my bikes, set up fully rigid running 2.8 Teravail Coronados. Just brilliant fun.

I still ride SS but less than I used to.

Like @nickc above, my initial route into SS was, in the wet, wanting something that was cheap, and I could just chuck back in the shed after a muddy ride and not need to worry about pampering /costing time and cash.

However I do love the directness, lightness and simplicity in any conditions. There is one local ride we have where SS hardtail in the summer on buff trails is the absolute perfect tool for the job. Flowy undulating singletrack where the directness and total lack of having to think about anything other than pedal, break, operate dropper, just feels amazing

I ride ss less now, mainly due to gravel bike. When I was riding ss more, it would be on the usual local tracks which can get v muddy. The gravel bike helped me discover that covering a lot of ground on better surfaced tracks is usually more fun than schlepping through tough mud.
Plus the gravel bike also has better mudguards, so generally come back cleaner and more comfortable, and needs less maintenance than other fs/geared bikes...i.e. meets that same original objective, but in a way I generally prefer

I run the dog every day by the river using a single-speed On One Inbred (Fire-engine red).
I am not saying it's muddy, but often I'm going through hundreds of meters of brackish tidal water.

No longer MTB with a ss though - but maybe I should.

My winter bike is a Sanderson Soloist 853. It's a beautiful thing. So beautiful in fact, that I'm seriously considering visiting my local frame builder and asking him to make me a 29er version.

I tried singlespeed on my hardtail after smashing the rear derailleur up. Had thought about trying it so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. It was my commuter bike at the time so as I usually have a bit of a rush to get to work in time I put the chainwheel/sprocket combo on to keep the speed up on the road in the mornings. Needless to say found it all too much hard work 5 days a week, felt exhausted by the slightest breeze. Off road it was too highly geared so even less fun there! Also very noisy, perhaps it was a chainline problem, sprocket on tensioner so far out it twisted slightly. Even a cheap derailleur ended up preferable!

I'd be tempted to try singlespeed again for commuting, but it would need to be a light/fast rolling more road orientated bike, and money/storage issues.

It was certainly a thing today, in fact any day. I only have an SS.
I love the simplicity and the quietness of a rigid SS - just the hum of the tyres…

Scurrying down a lightly rutted chute taking extra care in picking the right line can even make the ride home from work fun.

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@sirronj noisy?? Mine was the quietest bike I've ever owned,still is.
I think that's what made it enjoyable,not having too think about changing gear,chain chatter when changing.Pure Simplicity.

Yes it was a triggers broom of old & worn 9 speed parts turned singlespeed! QR dropout rear so needed the tensioner... Nothing so nice as that one above!

I hope it's still a thing as I intend to give mine a spin before the weekend is out.

Apart from my fatty, my rigid SS 29er is my only MTB. It’s perfect my local riding. I have even thought about SSing the fat bike.

Sliding drop outs on the 529 and 627. Both steel.

Apart from my fatty, my rigid SS 29er is my only MTB. It’s perfect my local riding. I have even thought about SSing the fat bike.

Do it, logically it's the worst of all worlds (a heavy bike that's now even harder to accelerate) but in reality it works because the way you ride a singlespeed translates over as well i.e. it's as much an extra dose of the fun bits trying to conserve momentum and exaggerated body language to get it through sections as it is an impossibly heavy bike to get started on a technical climb. If I had the space for both a hardtail and a SS I'd definitely be looking at a SS fat bike.

Had this 5 or so years now. rarely miss suspension on my local trails( Cannock Chase ) and only 3 chains to boot. Lack of faff is a gamechanger in the soggier months! I know...shed needs attention!

Since we are doing pictures... 9.5kg of fun 🙂

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what's that beautiful thing @DanW?