"Stevens" Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Interested in hearing what gearing Roadies use on the single speed bikes and who they ride with. Please post some pics. Road bike pics lost amongst the MTB singles in other topics.Ever try to buy a chainwhip for 1/8th cogs?
Excite_Bike Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Interested in hearing what gearing Roadies use on the single speed bikes and who they ride with. Please post some pics. Road bike pics lost amongst the MTB singles in other topics.Ever try to buy a chainwhip for 1/8th cogs? Ended up making/modifying a chain whip for 1/8".
Jonkie Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Running 47/16. No tensioner needed. GT Fred, Hairy, ALFAHOLIC and 3 others 6
Thug Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Running 48*18 Still need to buy a half link chain and do away with the tensioner. domane, ALFAHOLIC, gummibear and 2 others 5
ricochet_rabbit Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Am busy turning this old Peugeot into a Singlespeed.Bike has dark blue rims so will probably go with a matt black fame and blue colour scheme.
quintonb Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 Running a 46/21. Live in a really hilly area. Good for climbing, but over-spin on the descends. GT Fred, JulesV, Danger Dassie and 2 others 5
ricochet_rabbit Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 quintonb, what is hilly. I intend to use mine for the odd commute to New Germany from Hillcrest. What ratio can you suggest?
Tuxstir Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 My little beastold viner track frame with a 44x18 ratio. Eppie, IH8MUD, danthunders and 1 other 4
quintonb Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 quintonb, what is hilly. I intend to use mine for the odd commute to New Germany from Hillcrest. What ratio can you suggest?Riding down is fine, its getting back up thats the issue.I ride up High Street with a laptop bag on my back, so for me these ratios work well.
ricochet_rabbit Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) geez, had a look at high st, not long but it does get very steep in some sections. I'll need to ride up Wyebank (Sander, Glamis & Pioneer rds - 4-6% for abt 2k) to get home. Edited July 18, 2013 by ricochet_rabbit
Wazza_pe Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Ratio's are pretty tough, I know it can seem expensive, but I recommend buying a couple of sprockets to test what works/feels best. The first ss I built is running 42:16. My Daccordi ss is now running 42:13, and I rock it up some big climbs here in PE, and the other nice thing is I don't 'spin out' on the flats often. So it's worked out to be a far better ratio for me.
King_Crispy Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Don't use it as much as I should IndianRoadie, jaco369, Hairy and 1 other 4
Letum911 Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 My Hansom SS. Currently running a 48/18 ratio and with the old style dropouts it works like a charm...
TK-Sp3cialiSt Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Edited July 30, 2013 by TK-Sp3cialiSt
jmaccelari Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Got this today. It has a Gates CenterDrive carbon belt drivechain with a 55/22 gearing. First ride tomorrow on my first morning commute! Danger Dassie, Audible Anarchy, Flatdog7 and 2 others 5
Jonkie Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Got this today. It has a Gates CenterDrive carbon belt drivechain with a 55/22 gearing. First ride tomorrow on my first morning commute! Very nice! Did you buy the bike complete? Eppie and jmaccelari 2
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