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Old 04-15-2009, 06:42 PM   #11
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Oh ok. I figured you took EVERYTHING off.
It's not a stripped down mountain bike. It is an off-the-shelf single speed. Single speed mountain bikes have purpose built frames that typically can't be used with a geared setup. It's more like a mountain bike sized BMX bike.
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Old 04-15-2009, 06:44 PM   #12
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Don't people use those more for on-road workouts, not singletrack? I used to ride a bike with no suspension on singletrack in Colorado, and it sucked bigtime over any kind of bump. Not to mention there were some climbs that even experienced riders on fully-geared bikes couldn't do, so there's no way a single-speed bike would do it either.

I could see using it on fire roads and jeep trails maybe......but not singletrack.
It would be a terrible on-road workout. The gearing is so low that you can't go very fast, and the resistance at the pedals is pretty minimal, except when climbing a fairly steep hill. There's a single-speed cult following. Some people ride them everywhere, including technical singletrack. Mine has never seen dirt. I used it to commute to work/class on while I was in college. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than my other bike, so if it got stolen, it wouldn't sting as badly. I plan on hitting some dirt with it this year.
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Old 04-15-2009, 10:16 PM   #13
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Nice looking bike. I would need gears. When I rode in the city I would drop gears to get up hills and go up gears to try to pass cars on the hills. Single gear would have drove me nuts.

I used to ride 30-45 minutes to get a piece. On your bike I think that would have ended up being close to two hours with that low gear if not 2.5. It was some good stuff but I think I would have looked for a piece closer to home if I owned that. LOL.

I have been wanting another mountian bike over the last couple of years. I used to have a lot of fun trail riding. Down hill really put a smile on my face.

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Old 04-16-2009, 07:34 AM   #14
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Single speed mountain bike... Hope you own a heating pad. You're gonna need it for your leg muscles for the first few weeks if you haven't ridden in a while
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Old 04-16-2009, 11:11 AM   #15
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I'm in riding shape still. I do a lot of spinning.
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Old 04-16-2009, 11:14 AM   #16
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Here's the Rocky Mountain. I finished it up last night. New cables, chain lubed, new tubes, rebuilt road wheels (the spoked ones in the background), new road slicks, new grips. This one is a standard bike, with gears and whatnot, and cost more than 4x as much as the single speed. I built this one myself.

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Here's the Rocky Mountain. I finished it up last night. New cables, chain lubed, new tubes, rebuilt road wheels (the spoked ones in the background), new road slicks, new grips. This one is a standard bike, with gears and whatnot, and cost more than 4x as much as the single speed. I built this one myself.

How do you like the Rocky Mountain frame?

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Old 04-16-2009, 11:24 AM   #18
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How do you like the Rocky Mountain frame?

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Love it! It's been all over the world with me. I first built it in 1998.
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Love it! It's been all over the world with me. I first built it in 1998.
Sweet. I have been thinking about building a bike and have thought about using a frame from them. But when I add up all the parts I want the price tag gets up there. I will get on at some point.

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Rocky Mountains are spendy, but very well made. My frame was $1200. That was 11 years ago.
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