Back up bike the SS
05-07-20, 05:36 PM
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Back up bike the SS
Gravel bike down for repairs dusted off the old SS and it was a blast to ride.
36 miles today. One gear no mercy lol.
36 miles today. One gear no mercy lol.
05-11-20, 01:33 PM
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Those bikes were such great "gateway" bikes. Easily adaptable to multiple uses and cheap. Wish I'd kept my old one, I've got the 29+ version, but it's a size bigger than I'd like.
06-10-20, 10:40 AM
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Looks good for an old bike!
06-10-20, 01:48 PM
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If you have the space to store them, its always worth hanging on to old bikes and drag them out every once in a while for old-time's sake. Here's my 10 year-old Bikes Direct mountain bike that I was tempted to sell after not having ridden it in a few years. Instead I reincarnated is as a SS for free with parts I had lying around. Now its my favorite bike.
06-14-20, 10:03 AM
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For a few years my only bike was a singlespeed Kona Unit. Actually, it was my first "good" bike. I went from that to a gravel bike. Riding the Unit made me a better rider offroad--choosing a good line comes very naturally now.
I currently have a geared dropbar gravel rig and a ss flatbar gravel rig. I ride the ss any time I feel the need to mix it up and I always come back stoked!
I currently have a geared dropbar gravel rig and a ss flatbar gravel rig. I ride the ss any time I feel the need to mix it up and I always come back stoked!
