Roberta, I have two bikes set up as single speed's. My favorite is a 650B with 42 size tires it also has a Marks rack in front with a Wald basket so its able to be my grocery getter and I also ride other places. I have a 700c that I haven't used this season setup for road with Phil hubs its fun and fast for me. I always have a single speed bike.
On Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3:57:22 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > My first full bike build, from scratch age 15 (high summer, December 1970, > 90 miles south of the Equator; bought local frame, crank, bb, scavenged and > traded rest) had a 50 t cottered crank and 15 t fw for a 90" gear, and no > brakes because the frame was a cheap Indian copy of a Raleigh DL-1 frame > made for 635 mm bsd wheels, and my rear wheel was (steel, flip flop, > Czecho) 700C and the front 24" from my kid brother's bike. I rode it all > over the countryside on narrow, winding, really dangerous roads and in > downtown traffic without brakes, jamming my right Ked hightop against the > (small) front tire. I wore a deep groove laterally across the sole. Finally > I got tired of that and installed a flea market coaster brake, which must > have been quite worn, or perhaps the high gear was responsible, but it was > either on or off. Sold the bike for KS 150/- to finance a ratty early '60s > Varsity. How do kids survive? > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 2:46 PM Ray Varella <rayvar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When I was a teenager and before I could afford a ten speed, I rode an >> old green Raleigh 3 speed that I stripped down and put ten speed wheels on >> with the chain in the center of the 5 speed sprocket. Removing the brakes, >> shifters, heavy wheels and all the bits made it rally sporty. Aluminum >> wheels made it the nicest bike I had ever owned. It had no breaks so I >> would wedge the back of my boot between the rear tire and the seat tube. I >> had excellent (in my mind) braking. The guy at the boot store wanted to >> know how I wore the U-shaped channel in the heel of my boot. >> I rode that bike everywhere and never gave it a second thought. It had a >> Brooks saddle. >> >> I currently have an Ibis Scorcher which is by far the best fixed gear >> bike I have ever owned. >> Once in a while I consider selling it but then I ride it and remember >> just how great it works for me. >> >> It currently sports 38mm Rene Herse knobbies. I think it’s close to as >> good as it can be. >> It looks like it would fit a 44mm tire in the rear but not the front. >> >> I prefer fixed to SS and flip flop wheel has never been flipped beyond >> checking the chain length. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c93ee92d-6e7d-4b12-bcd9-4ff9fc4c67a1n%40googlegroups.com.
