New bike!

New bike arrived today! Woo!

It's a rigid singlespeed[1] & I had been intending to sell on
the wheelset and other not-enough-gears-or-suspension parts and tranfer
forks and other componentry from the current favourite bike.

Having gone for a quick rigid singlespeed blast just to see what
it's like and found the ride stretching out to two hours from an
intended 45 mins I've decided 1) that my spin's rubbish 2) it's great
fun, even more so than my inability to spin fast enough on the flat
bits!

I've an enormous urge to gush but there are still 2 1/2 hours of
decent light and I'm off to do some more miles (just to check the
setup before it gets dark. Come on food, settle! Maybe after a few
more rides my thumbs will learn that there's no point in twitching to
change gear....


[1] On-One Inbred, if anybody's interested in what the bike is.
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Tim.

Tim Izod wrote:
New bike arrived today! Woo!

It's a rigid singlespeed[1] & I had been intending to sell on
the wheelset and other not-enough-gears-or-suspension parts and tranfer
forks and other componentry from the current favourite bike.

Having gone for a quick rigid singlespeed blast just to see what
it's like and found the ride stretching out to two hours from an
intended 45 mins I've decided 1) that my spin's rubbish 2) it's great
fun, even more so than my inability to spin fast enough on the flat
bits!

I've an enormous urge to gush but there are still 2 1/2 hours of
decent light and I'm off to do some more miles (just to check the
setup before it gets dark. Come on food, settle! Maybe after a few
more rides my thumbs will learn that there's no point in twitching to
change gear....


[1] On-One Inbred, if anybody's interested in what the bike is.

Congratulations! Isn't it great when you feel what this SS thing is all
about?
I got my wife an Inbred for our 10th anniversary last year and she loves
it. I ride a Surly 1x1 and it's great too. I put a shock on mine because
the rigid fork was too jarring for my bad shoulder.

Ride on!

Matt