Pointless Prize: Singlespeed

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  • December 30, 2022 at 3:47 am #922787
    jlamb
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    Riding singlespeed fell out of fashion years ago, but I still enjoy it. Does anyone else? Let’s find out with a singlespeed pointless prize.

    Rules:
    1. Tag your singlespeed rides with #singlespeed.
    2. One mile minimum, one ride per day.
    3. Both freewheel and fixed gear count.
    4. No singlespeed bike? Complete a ride without shifting, and it counts. But be warned–it’s nearly impossible to resist the urge to shift when it’s available.
    5. Most singlespeed rides wins. If number of rides is tied, most miles is the tiebreaker.
    6. Post your tales of gear-mashing glory to this thread (optional). Photos encouraged.

    Prizes:

    1. First place shall be awarded a crisp one dollar bill. You can frame it like a first-dollar-earned memento. Or spend it at the dollar store. Your choice.

    2.Second place shall be awarded a custom-made singlespeed necklace, consisting of an old cog and a piece of string.

    3. Third place shall be awarded a shiny penny. Or maybe a not-so-shiny one, depending on what I can find around the house.

    Leaderboard: https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/singlespeed

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  • December 30, 2022 at 3:32 pm #1122211
    Sunyata
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    @jlamb 221255 wrote:

    Riding singlespeed fell out of fashion years ago

    Wait. What? When did that happen? No one told me about that!
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    December 30, 2022 at 3:32 pm #1122212
    Meh
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    All my Hains Points rides can now double up!

    December 30, 2022 at 4:40 pm #1122213
    jlamb
    Participant

    Singlespeed ain’t dead!?![ATTACH=CONFIG]29179[/ATTACH]

    December 31, 2022 at 2:47 am #1122214
    AlanA
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    @jlamb 221255 wrote:

    Riding singlespeed fell out of fashion years ago, but I still enjoy it. Does anyone else? Let’s find out with a singlespeed pointless prize.

    Rules:
    1. Tag your singlespeed rides with #singlespeed.
    2. One mile minimum, one ride per day.
    3. Both freewheel and fixed gear count.
    4. No singlespeed bike? Complete a ride without shifting, and it counts. But be warned–it’s nearly impossible to resist the urge to shift when it’s available.
    5. Most singlespeed rides wins. We’re not counting mileage, just number of rides.
    6. Post your tales of gear-mashing glory to this thread (optional). Photos encouraged.

    Prizes:

    1. First place shall be awarded a crisp one dollar bill. You can frame it like a first-dollar-earned memento. Or spend it at the dollar store. Your choice.

    2.Second place shall be awarded a custom-made singlespeed necklace, consisting of an old cog and a piece of string.

    3. Third place shall be awarded a shiny penny. Or maybe a not-so-shiny one, depending on what I can find around the house.

    I have to like this just for those awesome prizes!! Sadly, I always do as many gears as I can!

    January 1, 2023 at 5:03 pm #1122272
    Meh
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    @AlanA 221263 wrote:

    I have to like this just for those awesome prizes!! Sadly, I always do as many gears as I can!

    You can have as many gears as you like, just get more frames :D :D

    January 2, 2023 at 8:13 pm #1122346
    Steve O
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    I’m in, although I feel a tiny smugness about single speeds that do not coast (aka fixed). #fixie as a subcategory?
    Perhaps $0.98 as a prize (the fixed value of $1.00 on Jan 1 as of March 19)

    January 2, 2023 at 8:45 pm #1122350
    jlamb
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    You’ll have to be content with your private smugness. Singlespeed and fixed are lumped together. Most of my singlespeed experience is limited to mtb, where riding fixed is nuts. Although I talked to a bike mechanic at The Bike Lane who sweared by fixed gear on the Laurel Hill trails. I’m not that hard core.

    January 2, 2023 at 11:10 pm #1122371
    Judd
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    Enjoying this contest already. I got out of the habit of riding the single speed last year because of some neck issues. Been having fun riding it again the past two days.

    January 4, 2023 at 4:37 pm #1122554
    jlamb
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    Extremely aggressive. Apex predator. Built for speed and strength. If a musky rode a bike, it would be a singlespeed.

    January 4, 2023 at 6:42 pm #1122574
    pedrocz
    Participant

    Some light grocery shopping on my mid-sixties Rickert fixed gear bike.

    January 6, 2023 at 11:08 pm #1122765
    bmillah
    Participant

    Oh man, I love this idea. Big thanks to Alan Adams for flagging this for me. Didn’t see in the PP Dropdown.

    I’ve got this amazing SS with 650b’s that glide so effortlessly and take on all the small little trails that connect the neighborhoods and have an absolute blast on this bike. Will upload some photos next ride.

    January 7, 2023 at 9:06 pm #1122834
    jlamb
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    My favorite singlespeed spot. All the people riding full squish geared bikes on the trail today are missing out. Fully rigid singlespeed is just more fun here.

    January 8, 2023 at 3:44 pm #1122878
    Meh
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    @bmillah 221805 wrote:

    Oh man, I love this idea. Big thanks to Alan Adams for flagging this for me. Didn’t see in the PP Dropdown.

    I’ve got this amazing SS with 650b’s that glide so effortlessly and take on all the small little trails that connect the neighborhoods and have an absolute blast on this bike. Will upload some photos next ride.

    This is exactly what I use my Kona for – 26″ of course.

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    January 9, 2023 at 12:31 pm #1122948
    Judd
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    Looks sweet. What does the little flywheel thing do? I haven’t seen one on a single speed before.

    @Meh 221919 wrote:

    This is exactly what I use my Kona for – 26″ of course.

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    January 9, 2023 at 1:16 pm #1122950
    drevil
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    @Judd 221994 wrote:

    Looks sweet. What does the little flywheel thing do? I haven’t seen one on a single speed before.

    It tensions the chain. It’s pushing down on the chain in that configuration.

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