Pointless Prize: Singlespeed
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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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@jlamb 221381 wrote:
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.
Waaaaaaaaaaay back when, I used to lead fixie mountain bike rides at the Frederick Watershed. I’m too old and a lot wiser to do that anymore… unless there’s interest?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/albums/72157622812972246
@drevil 221998 wrote:
Waaaaaaaaaaay back when, I used to lead fixie mountain bike rides at the Frederick Watershed. I’m too old and a lot wiser to do that anymore… unless there’s interest?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/albums/72157622812972246
Maybe I’ll try it just for fun. I have a surly hub on my rear wheel that can easily be converted to fixed.
@drevil 221998 wrote:
Waaaaaaaaaaay back when, I used to lead fixie mountain bike rides at the Frederick Watershed. I’m too old and a lot wiser to do that anymore… unless there’s interest?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/albums/72157622812972246
Maybe I’ll try it just for fun. I have a surly hub on my rear wheel that can easily be converted to fixed.
This thread has inspired me to pull the old, unloved bike polo bike out of the shed, pump up the tires, do a few part swaps and take her for a spin. It wasn’t bad. In fact, it was fun with the bike being so silent and just the constant spinning required of the fixie. I’ll be doing it a bit more.
Milwaukee Bruiser Townie Fixie by bikecentric, on Flickr@bikesnick 222242 wrote:
Yes! I really enjoy riding my fixed gear after midnight when everything is so quiet.
Well, I really can’t talk about quiet with the Kona above, since that tensioning pulley also gives everything a clockwork whirrring noise.
But I can with the Raleigh fixie
only I much prefer riding up behind people and saying ‘passing’ just to see if they even heard me – by seeing how far they jump.@jlamb 222340 wrote:
To my surprise, more than one person seems interested in singlespeed. We even have a few people riding singlespeed every day. Given the fabulosity of the prizes at stake, it occurs to me that we may need a tiebreaker rule.
By the power vested in me as sponsor of this PP, I hereby declare that in the event of a number-of-rides tie, the singlespeeder with the most miles shall prevail. And don’t forget–only one ride per day counts.
Happy singlespeeding!
I prolly won’t ride that many miles on the singlespeed/fixie. Why don’t we do a longest trackskid or longest trackstand contest to determine winner?
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