It's great to see the new bikes. They're awesome, as of course are their riders!
I have a question for riders of the new school geometry bikes, and plus size tires.
Many of you have been SS riders on old school geometry.
To those who have ridden the old and the new, what do you think about the differences in terms of climbing, handling, overall performance, weight, and about the quality of the parts?
I'm still riding old single speeds. I'm pretty sure the new bikes are better in general than the old ones. How much better, if at all, are they?
3" 29er + tires are revolutionary. I don't know if you can find an "old school geo" bike that will take 3" tires. I have been riding the current geo on my FS bikes for the past years on a few different bikes. Yes, the new geometry is amazing, making many moves much easier. But it is the 3" tires that are the biggest difference on my Stache SS.
I have not been on the trails on the Moxie "enduro" single speed yet, but I have enough rides on it to love it. I live on Vancouver Island and slacker bikes are de riguer. Mine is the slackest, longest, with the steepest STA bike in my crew, and this includes a Warden and a Spartan.
My first crack at a SS. Wanted to keep this a 'vintage' build with some of my 90's parts. GT-Outpost, 1st gen Rock Shox Judy DH, Ringle bling, XTR, John Tomac DH bars. Had some small issues with the conversion, but happy with the way it turned out. I will hit the trails tomorrow.
Cheers
My Cannondale Trail. Recently build up a new trail bike, so wanted to change my previous bike up a bit to have something different. Have a rigid fork coming in to.
Not my first singlespeed, but definitely my first singlespeed with suspension!
This was taken during the first ride, and decided to run 32x18 like I do on the Sawyer. Decided to gear down to 32X20 for a bit more "sit-and-spinnability".
It's taken me about 9 months to finish this up, been sidetracked on projects around the house.
Now I am just trying to decide on tires, I think I can fit an IKON 2.35 in there front & rear, more concerned with the brake cable clearance. Those Forte Tsali 2.25's are more like a 2.1, I just need a little bit more cush/volume.
It's taken me about 9 months to finish this up, been sidetracked on projects around the house.
Now I am just trying to decide on tires, I think I can fit an IKON 2.35 in there front & rear, more concerned with the brake cable clearance. Those Forte Tsali 2.25's are more like a 2.1, I just need a little bit more cush/volume.
I just converted my Homegrown SweetSpot SS (affectionately known as Quad S, or SSSS) from a 26er to a 27.5. I was limited to a 2.10 tire on the rear, so I just used 2.10 on the front as well.
The front fork is a new Manitou 27.5 with non-tapered 1-1/8" steerer, so it could have cleared larger.
As you can see in the second pic, there is very little clearance to the seatstay bridge.
Just finished converting this yesterday. Pivot LES 29er, Fox 34, Ibis 935/i9 wheels, 2.35s and a dropper, haha! I guess that makes it fairly 'all mountain'. Running 30/18 and it's 24.2 lbs. Been a while since I've done any decent length or vertical on an SS, we'll see how it goes!
I have to say Pivot's dropouts and chain tension system is brilliant. Clicks every quarter turn on the tensioning screws so there is no guesswork in getting your wheel lined up perfectly.
First ride out on the singlespeed this year. 2000 GT Avalanche. Put some used Bontrager tubeless rims and some new Minion SS tires on it.
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