Best gearing for hilly area

[Edition 507]

This is brilliant 

 

http://www.icebike.org/single-speed-mountain-bike/

Also remember that with a SS you are always in the right gear

[IH8MUD]

I always joke that  my SS has three gears . . .  sit, stand and  walk.

(I know ; it is a lame old SS joke.)

[Monark]

 

Hey Monarch,

 

Thanks! Yea, I am busy talking to Wayne at Rapidé at the moment, getting all the stuff ready etc. Gonna drive out to his place once he has the spacers (this coming weekend most likely) and do the conversion post haste. Basically all Rapidé:

 

- 32T Rapidé SingleMinded® NW Ultralight Ring

- 18T Rapidé SingleMinded® Singlespeed Cog

- Spacers 

- YBN MK747N Single Speed Chain

- Rapide Single Chainring Bolt Set of 4 (the red anodized ones)

- Rapidé Tension-R Single Speed Chain Tensioner

 

I'll post pics once this is done and ready to roll.

 

 

Bud with that setup you will not be disappointed. Just dial your chainline in perfectly and ensure that you get your chain length right. Wayne ought to be able to help you out with all of it. He is awesome.  

[henningvr]

Agreed, Wayne is awesome. I bought my wheels from him. Gonna take drive to his place and get it all sorted nicely.

[EmptyB]

Agreed, Wayne is awesome. I bought my wheels from him. Gonna take drive to his place and get it all sorted nicely.

 

I'm just jealous you get to ride so much in that area...love it there!!

 

Dunno if I'd be brave enough to do it on SS though....enjoy.

[V12man]

 

I'd love a "real" SS frame, but with the laaitie going to university I will have to wait a bit.

Ask nicely - I have a spare momsen STR frame - size small and in white...

[henningvr]

Jis V12man, that's nice of you. Only prob is I'm 1.93 tall and ride a XL frame, else we'd be in bizness.

[V12man]

Jis V12man, that's nice of you. Only prob is I'm 1.93 tall and ride a XL frame, else we'd be in bizness.

I suspect you will be in for a really difficult search - not many SS specific frames in XL around, with most manufacturers topping their ranges out at L

 

Still - SS specific is the way to go for sure.

[Meezo]

Ask nicely - I have a spare momsen STR frame - size small and in white...

 

how nice is nicely?

[dirtrider]

I suspect you will be in for a really difficult search - not many SS specific frames in XL around, with most manufacturers topping their ranges out at L

 

Still - SS specific is the way to go for sure.

 

The STR large frame is very large , it makes my On-One frame look like a small .

[henningvr]

Still - SS specific is the way to go for sure.

 

Definitely. I will keep an eye out for a large STR - thanks for the info, dirt-rider.

[V12man]

The STR large frame is very large , it makes my On-One frame look like a small .

True - they are big, but then again, not huge enough for the very tall over 1.9 crowd.

 

My brother has a Large STR - and he is 1.82 from memory.

 

I can't believe that that Momsen in the pic is actually an XL - not visually anyway - I really thought it was a smallish frame.

[henningvr]

'Strue... it's a XL

[henningvr]

I just checked the ST-R on Momsen's site................ looks like straight steerer? I just went through a mission and a half to get a tapered steerer Niner fork.   (Maybe Johann Rissik wants to swap forks? ) 

[Jewbacca]

The STR large is big enough for sure... a mate of mine at 1.93 has one with a 60mm stem and it works perfectly.

 

Did that gearing work out for you?

 

I played with a lot of gear ratios for years. For a normal day out 32/18 worked fine. When I rode multi day races or on tired legs I preferred the 19. I even rode Lesotho sky 33/20 as the altitude is a killer. Atta 36/20, Freedom challenge 33/19.... No point in ripping your legs up only to go backwards for the last little while.

 

Be sure to ride what you think you can ride for longer. That would be my advice. Most SSers constantly have their willys out and everything is a race but be sure you can sustain the gearing... nothing more degrading than flying past someone looking smug and tooting only to be spun past 10km later pushing your bike up a false flat

[Jewbacca]

I just checked the ST-R on Momsen's site................ looks like straight steerer? I just went through a mission and a half to get a tapered steerer Niner fork.   (Maybe Johann Rissik wants to swap forks? ) 

external bottom cup (should come standard with the frame?) allows a tapered fork steerer....