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seating-standing-walking = the 3 speeds of singlespeeding and loving it

Singlespeeding makes me enjoy the ride. I'm not worried about what gear I'm in or how fast I was up the hill. Fast enough to get there, slow enough to enjoy the journey.

I have a 1987 rockhopper I converted to a single speed with 1.95" commuter tires. Best set-up I have ever made! now I want to only ride my single speed.

Been a singlespeeder for 15 years now. Love it 'cause it's an honesty device - Any shortcomings in performance on a ride are in my riding, not the bike.

Working on bikes for a living, at times the last thing I want to do is work on my own bikes, so simple is really good!

Nothing better than cleaning a super techy uphill section that your buddies had to walk on their geared fancy bikes!

I love singlespeeding! Simple riding, easy maintenance! And riding my rigid has taught me more than I thought there was to know about line choice.

Well said Neil. I've been riding mountain bikes since 1981 and was always AMAZED at single speeders (like Victor Vicentti of America). Flashback 15 years ago and I bought my first SS a Surly 1x1 fully rigid mainly because I wanted a new bike and thats all I could afford with a 5 year old and new house payments. What a revelation ! It was so much fun and I found I was faster on our local race series on the SS. Today I have a road, cross, monster cross and hardtail single speed bikes and I find myself grabing these more than my geared versions. However at 62 I do notice more aches and pains if I SS too much....so the old adage of too much of a good thing. One thing I have not tried yet is bike packing single.. Maybe next season.

I’m 60 & rode singlespeeds for many yrs, I love the mentality, it’s all about power & momentum, you & everything in front of you & crushing it!

Yesss a SS vid! Congrats on being a new father! I just did a 140mi ride - 32x22 - and it has completely changed how I view bikes. Light rear end, CHEAP, extreme durability and, best of all, you are never exerting mental energy in selecting or switching gears and you're never thinking about your cadence etc or at least I don't unless I'm spinning out on flats :)

I recently converted my vintage road bike to a single speed. It's awesome and SO much lighter. Since my frame has drop outs all I had to do was remove the derailleur, hanger and shifter and shorten my chain with a tool. I kept my five speed free wheel on the back and have enough room in the drop outs to set it up on fourth or third gear. All I have to do is get off the bike, loosen the quick release and move the chain up or down a gear then re-tighten everything.

I accidentally got into single speed. I rebuilt a Specialized Work 2 as a mountain bike, but didn't have a working shifter. So I temporarily set it on the straightest gear to start using the bike. I hadn't biked in 5 years so I fogured that would help build my legs back up in a hurry. That sure did the trick! What surprised me is that I'm hooked. The simplicity is great and I love not fiddling with gears.

SS changes my psychology on the trail. Even when I forced myself to stay in one gear on a geared bike, it wasn't the same. I felt like I was battling myself, whereas on SS 100% of my focus is on being the best rider I can be. It also does something to the nervous system. Like how a mother can lift a car off her child even though she'd never be able to do that otherwise, clearly muscles are much stronger than we think, but the nervous system places limits to prevent damage. SS bikes work all the muscles hard when climbing, creates that psychological stress of "need" in order to make it over obstacles and up through technical terrain without shaming ourselves, and trains the nervous system to release more of our natural strength. This translates to more skill even on a geared bike, because our muscle memory is more precise and better tuned to the tiny, almost unnoticeable motions we need to maneuver the machine. The best thing for me is it blows my mind how little I actually know about my own body. I'm just like you: Stubborn as hell and will always attempt every hill no matter how I feel about it. And even when my muscles are shot, feel like trash, look like trash, and can't possibly under any circumstances make it up that hill, I end up doing it anyway and feel amazing by the time I reach the top. How is this even possible, I think to myself. And every time it happens, it feels like an epiphany, and I become a little better. Great video.

I just finished a singlespeed bike I started to work on after seeing this video. Thanks for inspiration. What pushed me the most was the this additional thinking you need to put to your daily ride and the acceptance that walking with a bike is a good opportunity to take a look around. Keep it up.

Bravo young dewd! Great vid with great points.

Absolutely prescient timing on this video, thanks Neil and BP crew for sharing it. I spent the last few nights in my garage SS'ing my beloved Surly Troll frameset and now I just need a little more snow to melt and a trail or two to dry out so I can shred!

Learned how to ride/got my first bike at 17 and it was a single speed. At 24 now, I still haven’t jumped that line and got a geared bike. I find that the single speed is all I really need, especially living in New York City. Longest ride i did was about an 80 mile ride on a 48x17 fixed gear, and that was really tough, but i finished the ride none the less. I can only imagine how much easier that ride would be on a lower gearing. Riding single speed/fixed gear really has been just the most fun for me

I really loved this video, Neil, thank you! For me this was the best explanation yet out there of the great and true advantages of riding single speed. I actually started out riding MTB trails on an All City Mr Pink I got second that was set up single speed, and had such a dang blast with it! Then I geared it up, and while that was nice for longer gravel rides and bikepacking in Denmark where I live, I think that now, thanks to you, I finally realise what I had lost by doing so: the extreme fun, the beautiful simplicity, the great full-body workout and the fantastic feeling afterwards. I am converting back first chance I get (so thanks also for the gear ratio bit - that is knowledge I had not yet incorporated, but will now!). Gratitude:)!

The simplicity. It’s just awesome. It’s me and the bike and not the bike and me. Love it 💪

I have the same color with those handups, I love them!

Awesome video, Neil. That being said...I'm sticking to my gears :). Cheers.

I have the same bike, with same fork set up in single speed with 32/13 gearing great video👌🏾

I have singlespeed as my secondary bike for about ten years now and i love it. For those exact reasons you mentioned. It started out of need when i broke my bike in the middle of season. So i built a singlespeed bike form old parts i had lying around. Now i can´t live without it.

Great video Neil - I am definitely a fan of running SS - I recently tackled a pretty big day in New Mexico all on my SS and everyone thought I was nuts - but there is something about that out-of-the-saddle, methodical, rhythmic mashing that comes from pedaling a SS up big hills. And when it did come time to push - the bike was certainly lighter! 😝 I have definitely become more confident working on my bike as well - swapping out Cogs and chainrings etc... 🤘

My bikes are all single speed and I save a lot for beers, cheers!!!

Thanks, I really enjoyed this. Iain

All of my bikes, tandem, fat tire and fixie are single speed with the exception of one. I replaced all my 18t cogs with 26t cogs on all my single speed bikes. I like the simplicity of a single speed and little to no maintenance of a single speed bike and the light weight of a single speed.

I always thought SS’ing was dumb, but I found a complete bike (in the color I wanted) that came built as a SS. It’s now my go-to bike. I love the simplicity. Only having one gear can act as a governor for my body (so I don’t bonk by over-exerting), the chain stays cleaner longer (especially in dusty and sometimes muddy eastern Kansas), and as you mentioned, it makes you a more aware rider. It’s like driving a manual transmission in a vehicle. I find myself engaging with the experience more. I still can’t trackstand, but having to mash up hills at slow speeds has helped my balance a lot. I can climb and descend better than I could pre-SS.

All the same reasons as you. I love the challenge. It trains me to be a better rider. My SS is light as hell and it's so simple. Just me, my bike, my pedals and my brakes.

Neil you're a funny and cool dude, id love to shed some dirt if we ever cross paths! Keep on being you!

Great vid as an introduction to SS. I've been riding a SS MTB for over 20 years. For me its the mental simplicity (above cost savings, mechanical simplicity etc.), simply get on and ride (or push) when I go out for a ride I will take an SS simply because its fun - I always come back from a ride on an SS with a big smile, definitely more so than on a geared bike. In fact I only got a geared bike so the guys I rode with could keep up...

Excellent points Neil , glad to see you SS’ing

I love single speed because even though I’m not actually going as fast, I feel faster. I’m more engaged with the terrain I’m riding over, and with a ridged fork that isn’t necessarily tracking the ground as well, all that trail input makes it feel like I’m going faster than I am.

Great Vid! Single speed is Truth✊

Thanks for the video. I'm going to get me a single speed bike one of these days.

I’ve always wanted to convert my Salsa El Mariachi to a single speed. Now I’m even more motivated!

Love the message at the end. Don't take it so seriously. I am a rigid 29er SS rider and love it

These are great insights! I ride a Kona Unit rigid SS (32T oval/18T), 29" (2.6 front, 2.4 rear). This setup is totally awesome and it always surprises me how steep it can go uphill. Some of the uphill segments on SS are even faster than those on my Transition Spur, (but the descent is slower because it has no suspension). I feel stronger and better equipped as a biker, physically and mentally.

I ride a Wabi Classic steel single speed as my everyday bike -- love it. I most appreciate the simplicity, directness & _quietness_ of the ride.

Great info! I’m ready for SS

I watched my buddy Justin start single speeding and thought he was high. After he crushed the CO trail on it, I soon realized that it will make you strong. I've been doing it for a few months now on my REEB and not only is it simple, but it gets you strong for backcountry skiing as well. Great info here, thanks!

I grew up riding bmx bikes to school and across town as my main source of transportation. Thought a road bike with gears was the next step, but I hated the hassle. This is perfect for me.

I know this is an old video, but I started riding a fixed gear a couple of years ago, then I got tired of the fixed downhill. It’s now setup with a Sturmey Archer S2 kicker hub. It’s essentially a 1-1/2 speed. It has an internal gear reduction that if you back pedal a 1/2 step it drops the internal gearing to a slight gear reduction to help get up hills. I’ve been riding it this way for about 2 years now with a 49/19. I’m now laser focused on getting a single speed gravel bike. I’m leaning towards the Salsa Stormchaser single speed. I’m planning on buying soon before the fall. By the way I stumbled onto this channel not too long ago, great videos!

Love my singlespeed, Rigid Kona Big Unit 32x20 3” tire in front 2.25 rear and Rigid Waltworks 29+, 28x18….great to climb and simply fun minimalistic rides!!

love the simplicity of ths SS set up. Mountainbiking in the Netherlands lacks mountains for the larger part of the country, but the 1 gear set up adds the challenge for climbing!

Awesome video. Nice to see some single speed talk. I'm a bit of a oddball 😅 I have a 2x10 drive on my bike but I really only use about 1-2 gears, so I tend to ride way more like a single speed guy. Heck the only time I end up using a few more gears is when I climb up into the mountains to go after some black diamond or double black diamond trails.

I love the simplicity and lightness of my rigid SS and feel it allows me to ride without overthinking things. I'm always amazed that I can climb most things with my SS that I can climb with my Karate Monkey and it's low gearing... standing up and cranking it anyhow. I hope I'm still riding it into my 60's and beyond! (56 now)

I do really enjoy your videos and curated bike packing information with your website. I didn’t know about the publication and that’s nice, I’ll look at joining because I value great resources. As for SS, I’m a very active SS rider. I ride my same local trails and have found it simple and rewarding to do a 1-3 hour ride. Mostly because it’s a workout grind on the ascent with almost no flat sections to pedal on the descent, so like you said, less braking and learning how to flow through the trails. As for oval ring I don’t like it for SS because of a few reasons, I don’t want a loose chain and 2nd is that I completely feel that the extra forward momentum you get when standing on a round ring is lost with oval SS.

For me, the simplicity of it i find relaxing but funny enough i enjoy the focus also in maintaining the speed. Plus SS's look lean n mean! Thanks for the great video.

2:51 please nerd-out more about the oval chainring on a single speed with no tensioner

Agreed on all points. I have a geared bike but it just doesn't. Make me smile the way my SS does. Especially climbing!!! Sure a geared FS goes down faster but SS definately makes me a better, stronger rider. And I love the simplicity... nothing to think about but pedaling.

For all sort of rides you have a specific tool. I ride my single speed Jones when the trail is not that rough and steep. The fun for my is definitely in the climbs, trying to climb stuff that geared guys struggle with and making it. Best feeling.

Awesome. Cant agree more. Have a geared bike. Was in single speeds for years. Building another single as second bike again! Oh yeah.

17 ½lbs. WABI Lightning is like owning the Colnago back in the 70's I never could afford. Simplicity of Singlespeeds is the essence of bicycling. The more cables, levers, things that isolate you from the bike isolate you from the sensations. Plus the satisfaction of getting there on a singlespeed is higher. .

Love this video! Riding singlespeed is beautiful simplicity. It allows me to mentally check out and focus on technique rather than shifting. Its hard work but very rewarding and low maintenance. SS brings me back to my roots as a kid riding a SS BMX bike everywhere. I am a stronger and more well rounded rider since I started riding SS. Riding SS at night is the most peaceful riding experience I have every had. Quiet, simple and peaceful! Thanks for putting out this video today and Congratulations on your new baby!

Second time I've watched this and it's a really good video - thank you Neil. It's also my second time singlespeeding. I sold my full sus bike and my gravel bike to go down to one bike, and I bought a Kona Unit last year. A few rides on one gear and I hated it. So I fitted an old 11sp groupset I had in the shed. Just like that riding was easier again. And... much less fun. So I've re-singlespeeded the bike and I'm now loving it. Yes it makes me stronger more quickly (everything Neil says is true folks), the bike is WAY lighter, and I no longer need to wear a chamois (yeah I know you don't anyway but I've always done so) because you're so mobile on the bike in terms of positioning compared to running gears. Having a sore butt just isn't a factor any more. And yes it's a full body workout. I even need to stretch less than with a geared bike - the extra movement on the bike stops muscles from becoming tight so quickly. It just makes everything that bit more simple and basic; back to my roots riding simple bikes as a kid. I had become tired of £300 worth of maintenance on my full sus bike every year just to keep the thing serviceable (minimum of a fork, shock and dropper service). Apart from the expense, for me when riding a bike became more about how the bike was tuned/set up rather than it getting out of the way and letting me enjoy my time riding, it was time for a change. If you're curious (it's not for everyone) and you haven't tried it do; once you've acquired the taste for one gear it's hard to go back.

I love SS because it's hard. Also, the simplicity of it is refreshing. It makes me a better rider, physically and also with skills - picking better lines.

I have been toying with the idea after a local abosultley handled me on our local trails. I have most of the parts for my salsa beargrease and with my new rocket ron 3.0 tires I just might try it. Boost that stay at home Dad speed👍

Hi there! Regarding cycling technique and physical effort, everything you say can be applied to a geared bike, by simply staying in a single gear and never shifting. I regularly do such single speed simulations, and the best part is that changing the gearing for a different course is quite simple!

I recently converted my CX pit bike to single speed. Used 65 gear inch locally with some modest road climbs with at just off tempo rides and discovered I LOVE IT! Next I raced CX in Florida age group (55+ with gears) and open SS using 58.3 Inch set-up. My lap splits were consistently faster both days on the Single Speed. Mind=blown.

I’m ordering a 2023 Salsa Stormchaser Single Speed to commute on and for bike packing. Nervous about single sipped but like your video says I will just make myself a stronger rider!!!!!

Great video, thanks for sharing! Some great points which I agree with entirely. The simplicity is one of the main reasons for me - less brain power used in considering gear changes. Just point and shoot. It's like being a kid again! I often get a bit 'faddy' with these things, but SS has been with me a couple of years now and all of my bikes (commuter, roadie, MTB) have ended up getting converted - I can't see myself changing back. What I also find interesting, and joke about with riding buddies, is that SS naturally makes you faster on the climbs and slower on the descents (generally). Ask any rider if they'd like to spend less time climbing and more time descending, I doubt many would say 'no'...

My Spot Rocker is awesome!!! Belt is the way for sure when going single speed.

I converted an old specialized hardtail into a rigid urban single speed (29 32x13). I agree with everything and am just waiting to pounce on a single speed cog for my mountain hardtail

there are several reason why i choose the SS for racing. 1. it's me against you. no mechanical advantage. my fitness against yours. 2. It's hard! 3. i can't count to 10 let alone 11 or 12.

It's like being a badass 9yr old on a bmx bike again. No shame in walking and taking in the eye candy around you, no shame in ripping the bars right off the stem with all you got. Interested in the oval chain ring, I remember having a Biopace set up but it's application for SS seems legit. Thanks fer the tip, you guys rock like Led Zeppelin.

Every ride on a singlespeed is an adventure! I've been riding my SS a LOT in the last year, as my wife wants to ride more often. Rather than get her an eBike, I handicap myself by riding "My little pony" at 48 gear inches. I even rode a century on it last April. It was fantastic!

I really miss my fixie which I donated away when I moved out of Vancouver. It was a Trek 560 crit bike originally. It was great. But I only have room for so many bikes since I moved! Anyway I saw a guy in town with a Mercier Kilo TT and fell in love. Not only was a Mercier my original bike in '71, but the Kilo is a beauty. It is a pure track bike so I might put a brake on it if I get one.... They are less than $500. I'm very tempted.

I do have a single speed bike but it's for road. A Fuji Feather to be specific. It's quite an interesting bike because it adds variety and challenges to an otherwise ordinary ride while being simpler than a geared bike. It's the very definition of "Simple and easy are not the same thing". Which is true for many activities I enjoy.

I'm attracted to the simplicity of single speed hence why I have three single speed bikes. One is a disc brake beater/commuter riser bar single speed 39x20. The other is a folding bike with coaster brake flat bar single speed 42x16 and my fixie/track drop bar single speed 46x16.

I enjoy the ride a lot more. It opens up the bandwidth to be more aware of my surroundings. Its hard, which is good.

Absolutely love single speeding, actually just converted my intense recluse to SS.

I started my cycling hobby with riding single speeds and single speeds only. They just made sense to me. So simple that I could maintain my bike myself. In 12 years I have come a long way and now as a parent my bikes need gears. At least those that I use for commuting.

I ride a 29 and 29+ rigid single-speeds and really have a difficult time riding anything else on Single-track. I just built up a steel frame 38/18 gravel ride. If you like single-speeding on Single-tracks, I highly recommend ya give this a try……ya won’t go back…….single-speed is really a three speed….stand up, sit down or walk!

My drop bar single speed Karate Monkey is by far my favorite bike of all time. It's my only bike.

I’ve been rocking a single speed mtb since 2013. Strong like donkey. Stay hardcore

I just built up a SS Soma Juice. I didn't realize how much fun the simplicity would be. It's like a "one-ness" with the bike. I honestly haven't ridden my Chameleon since.

Very nice video! Would you mind doing a bit more on Single Speeding in combination wit bikepacking daytrips or weekenders?

A single speed conversion kit is a good thing to carry for if your derailleur setup is unsalvageable on a long trip. With a frame capable of tensioning and the kit you can strip it back and convert to a single speed, shorten the chain, and carry on with your journey.

Thank you for the nod to single-speeding; nice to know it's not just a few stray 'crazies' like myself who part or full-time eschew the overcomplicated geared/f.s. rigs. It's Still an aspect of the sport most will never touch because of what it demands and generally, only more experienced riders will have/ride a single-speed. Have bikepacked once with my s.s. and find the comments when folks note the fact it's a s.s. funny but cool; great icebreaker (!). Found by happy accident that 28x18t gearing for most everything works just fine for my needs; bike is a 'one-bike' that does everything from bar-runs, errands, day-rides locally, all the way to bikepacking trips well. The flats I just pedal more chill and keep a smooth, quiet cadence so I'm not spinning out. The elliptical chainring is a godsend; no more dead-spot between the 12 and 3 o' clock part of the pedal-stroke. Love the fact also that the shape helps one's sprints via a more powerful 'grab' that once felt, can be played with in a nice, smooth way in one's cadence. Lastly, it's a cool 'secret handshake' amongst us of the s.s. brotherhood and something the geared crowd sees and comments upon due to the spartan nature of the beast. Full-rigid just adds to the interesting comments one might get on the trail... For bikepacking, the simplicity makes life one-hundred times easier. No rear derailers to trash on the wrong rock for starters..! Also, you ride your pace and only your pace. Additionally, you're forced to pick better lines or pay the price (650b+ tires/rims give you more of a 'fudge-factor' but..!) if flying full rigid.

SSpeeding makes old trails new and more challenging. Biggest upside to no gears is little to no Maintenance!

Yyyuusss Neil! Single sheds are the BEST! Does this mean that we’ll see you in Decorah for SSUSA next August? We’ll have a whole crew from Northfield headed down to enjoy the festivities.

Thinking of getting a cruiser. I will add a front caliper brake. It will save me wear and tare on the back brake. Most of your stopping is in the front brake.

I've had my singlespeed setup for almost 3 years now. I'm treating it as a dirtjumper/enduro/commuter/adventure bike. Every once in a while I'm tempted to put my gears back on only to take it off again the next day because it, already, feels wrong for me to ride with gears... My bike is a 27.5 slightly aggressive hardtail. I've tailored my drive train to be 55 gear inches (same gear inches as a 25/9 gear ratio bmx bike). That's 27.5 x 32 ÷16... and i love it....

SSOD live it, love it.

I converted an old Kona Hahanna to single speed as my commuter bike. The city I live in is pretty flat, so it make sense to juste have one speed. Plus, part of my commute is by train so it's easier to carry the bike up and down the stairs at the train station. And lastly, a single speed has much less chance to bail on you when you're already late for work !!

I've been riding single speed (and fixed gear) for so long that when I do ride a geared bike I do it all sloppy. My current build has no option for running gears, I have a Paul WORD 148 through axle rear hub with a thread-on freewheel.I'm considering sawing the derailleur mount off my frame (2020 Surly ECR). As for why single speed: I like the simplicity of it, the extra challenge and maybe the "holy shit, you're riding single speed!" comments. I was on the GDMBR twice, both times single speed. As I descended the pass en route to Steamboat I stopped to talk to two people who were towing trailers with dogs. We agreed that the other was a little crazy. The reality is riding single speed isn't that much more difficult that riding a geared bike. I find when I'm walking up a giant hill I'm moving about the same pace as someone grinding up in a low gear, plus I have the chance to use different muscles, look around, have some snacks. Flat ground or the dreaded slightly downhill but not enough to coast are where single speed goes from fun to "I'm going to die." As for the stiff shoes point, that's mostly true. Walking up a giant hill in super stiff shoes can be super tiring. I had a giant paved hill (NW McName Rd, north of Portland, OR) near the end of a 125-mile ride, I knew I would walk it and I was comfortable with that; however, I was wearing a pair of Sidi Tiger 2. While those shoes are like magic for pedaling, they're terrible for walking. It was tiring and I ground down the (replaceable) lugs a surprising amount. I did that again (different road, much longer, less steep; mix is walking and pedaling, super killer views) with Specialized Recon 2 and it was way more better. I haven't done a giant hill yet while wearing Chrome Southside Pro shoes. Keep in mind how well single speed racers do in races like Big Lonely and Tour Divide.

I love my single speed gravel bike, it makes even somewhat flat terrain fun and reasonably dangerous 😂

I'm thinking about singlespeed as it will be lighter and easier to maintain. Of course it will be a very specific bike for certain types of routes, but I have several bikes anyway.

My favourite bike is Single Suzy she is a flat bar 48T 17 cassette steel bike. Of all the bikes I ride I own 2 Road bikes, crit bike, mtb bike. I always enjoy the challenges of a single speed, I feel more connected to the bike. Your cardio machine hits the roof as your cadence is generally higher 110 at 30km/hr average. You have to work hard going uphill and get out of the saddle. Plus I like the look of Roadies as I whizzzz past on single Suzy with my mini TT bars on the front. There like wtf pardon my French. Good on you for hitting the trails on one I might try that in a gravel set up OTSO cycles do a frame for SS

Hi there, excellent clip, so much SS truths. What width is your handlebar? Thanks and cheers, Chris

Single speed is great for a simple, relatively flat commute. It's even better with belt drive. I use my Priority Ace off Spades for an 8 mile each way commute and rip the trails on a 1x11 Niner RLT9 on the weekend. Weeks spent on the 55-20 belt makes me much stronger on the geared climbs. On 1:1 sit down climbs I prefer to go up a few gears and stand up to grind.

Worst bike-sell mistake was selling my 2015 Trek Superfly SS. I miss that bike to this day. I have a Salsa Timberjack and a Fuel EX and this video has inspired me to convert the Salsa to SS. I can do it for $60-70 total (32t ring, 20T cog, freehub spacers). Once I got into singlespeeding, I rode it exclusively for over a year and you get to a fitness point where you have plenty of cardio, but your leg muscles hurt. Early on, it's the other way around in my experience.

I have the same thoughts as you. All of them. Started singlespeedin last year, and I totally love it. I now have big improvements while climbing geared bikes. I love the simplicity. Just follow the pace of the bike. But singlespeed=singleRIDER. Because it is hard to keep the pace with people on geared bikes. Especially when spinning out on the flats 😁😁 But overall, the most fun of riding a bike.

I used to have a fully rigid single speed I used to commute on and that thing was a blast to just pop off curbs or take out to some trails after school, it was light and took a beating without complaining. sadly I started noticing some concerning issues with the frame and found the steel to have rusted inside out to a frightening degree so I had to get rid of it. at least I still have my single speed road bike :)

Just started getting in to single speed. Started full suspension, changed to a hardtail, now I find myself ditching all the gears. Guess I am on a quest for ultimate simplicity. One thing not many people mention is using your geared bike to help hone in on the range you will be comfortable single speeding. Put your geared bike in a specific gear and go out for a ride, see if that cog will work for you on a single speed. Just have to resist the urge to drop down 🥵

Love it - simplicity, reliability. Question, I'm looking for a cheapish single speed groupset for a drop bar disc bike - seems to be a lack of brake levers. Any suggestions?

I very much enjoy single speeding. I have done a few bikepacking trips this way, even on my fatbike! I enjoy the simplicity, less stuff to break, clean look on the bike and well..... One gear more beer right?

I love always being in the wrong gear. All my bikes are single speed. 50 and 16 at the back for my 8kg hipster Street fighter track bike. 46 and 20 at the back for my cyclocross bike. Blessings from Berlin.