Comments on: Create Single Speed Bikes http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/1888/bikes/create-single-speed-bikes/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Single Speed Bicycles | Cycling UK http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/1888/bikes/create-single-speed-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-45018 Single Speed Bicycles | Cycling UK Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:36:05 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=1888#comment-45018 [...] Create Single Speed [...] [...] Create Single Speed [...]

]]> By: James http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/1888/bikes/create-single-speed-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-26708 James Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:04:35 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=1888#comment-26708 I liked the idea of little maintenance but even with 36x 18 on my mtb I would spin out on the way to the trail. The weather is always changing, windy etc and I ride different routes from flats to hills. Single speeds are not for me unless I had fixed short commute. Sorry but give me gears anyday! I liked the idea of little maintenance but even with 36x 18 on my mtb I would spin out on the way to the trail.

The weather is always changing, windy etc and I ride different routes from flats to hills.

Single speeds are not for me unless I had fixed short commute.

Sorry but give me gears anyday!

]]> By: heedypo http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/1888/bikes/create-single-speed-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-26618 heedypo Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:00:09 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=1888#comment-26618 Fixie prices are probably more to do with the nature of their target customers than the actual bike production itself. There seems to be an inverse relationship between the large profit margin added by the manufacturers and the IQ of the urban warriors riding them. Darwin in reverse. Of course, not every fixie rider is like that, and I can see the attraction of fixie riding, but it does seem a little like inventing the computer and then choosing to operate an abacus instead. Fixie prices are probably more to do with the nature of their target customers than the actual bike production itself. There seems to be an inverse relationship between the large profit margin added by the manufacturers and the IQ of the urban warriors riding them. Darwin in reverse.

Of course, not every fixie rider is like that, and I can see the attraction of fixie riding, but it does seem a little like inventing the computer and then choosing to operate an abacus instead.

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