Single speed for trekking? So going up a steep incline it is in the same gear as going down a steep slope? Fine for ex-rugby players i guess.
rugman
15 Jun 16#3
Crikey, even bikes of this size from 50 years ago had 3 speed gears (sturmley archer). This will be hard work
POWYSWALES to rugman
15 Jun 16#5
But should be simpler to maintain like fixie bikes.
mrvot
15 Jun 162#4
Gears are for mountains and wimps - standard rule of thumb, crank it to hardest gear, go!
Tomb
15 Jun 16#6
Single speed !!!
This is a deal specifically for all the "normal" folk in Norfolk only......
tckay to Tomb
18 Jun 161#14
Lol. If only Norfolk was as flat as people like to think!
ysdevil
15 Jun 16#7
Simpler to maintain than Sturmey Archer? Maybe very very slightly. My mate has a SA hub that I'm sure is about 75 years old. It's never been opened, still works absolutely fine.
I think I'd put up with the little adjusting rod being needed to be unscrewed when taking off the rear wheel and have some gears thanks.
Maybe a good bike for a flat commute?
VDisillusioned
15 Jun 162#8
Years ago we used to have a single speed Raleigh ladies bike. It was probably from the very early '70s - I think it originally belonged to my mother. That bike was brilliant as a runabout and seemed to thrive on a diet of abuse and minimal maintenance. Yes the single speed made steep hills a little hard and limited how fast you could go but it just seemed the perfect ratio for pottering about all day, running to the shops, weaving home from the pub etc. Everyone who used it said how nice it was to ride. Sadly it got lost - I think it got left at the local railway station when we moved - it might even still be there :smiley: So don't underestimate how practical and reliable a single speed bike can be - so long as your regular route isn't all steep hills. This is a great price for a no frills runabout, but sadly I doubt that this bike is anywhere near the build quality of the British made Raleighs of old.
ysdevil
15 Jun 16#9
And there is probably your biggest problem.
Still cheap enough to leave locked up somewhere and not be too massively bothered if it is nicked.
And if it does fall apart in a couple of years, it's still cheap commuting.
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This is a deal specifically for all the "normal" folk in Norfolk only......
I think I'd put up with the little adjusting rod being needed to be unscrewed when taking off the rear wheel and have some gears thanks.
Maybe a good bike for a flat commute?
Still cheap enough to leave locked up somewhere and not be too massively bothered if it is nicked.
And if it does fall apart in a couple of years, it's still cheap commuting.