SS gravel = is it a thing?
12-15-21, 08:11 AM
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12-18-21, 02:25 PM
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I have a fixed steel frame for my commuter and it has ample clearance for some 32 gravel kings. I love riding fixed & SS on gravel, so much more control over the bike than with gears, and i'm not worried about debris fucing up expensive derailleurs and such.
12-25-21, 05:24 AM
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Is single speed gravel a thing? Before "gravel" was a genre, and before "mountain bikes" there was a thing called "going for a bike ride."
The way this worked was you took the bike that you had, and rode where the urge took you. Sometimes it was tricky because you had road tyres and you were in mud; sometimes it was hard work because you had wider tyres with tread, and you were riding on tarmac; sometimes you came to a hill that was too steep for your "low" gear and you had to walk or find another route, but it was always fun.
In the UK, there was a group called The Rough Stuff Fellowship and at that time, they were mainly people with conventional touring bikes who rode bridleways and moorland tracks, often carrying camping gear.
I still stick to this basic philosophy: ride the bike I have and go where the urge takes me. I own 3 bikes now: a Langdale 2 x 10 road bike, a 2 x 10 Giant Anyroad (a rather heavy and over engineered early gravel bike) and my Pearson fixed road bike. You are as likely to find me in the middle of nowhere on the fixed as you are on the Anyroad.
Does it matter whether "single speed gravel" (or even, "fixed gravel") is a thing? If you enjoy doing it, do it. You're a long time dead.
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The way this worked was you took the bike that you had, and rode where the urge took you. Sometimes it was tricky because you had road tyres and you were in mud; sometimes it was hard work because you had wider tyres with tread, and you were riding on tarmac; sometimes you came to a hill that was too steep for your "low" gear and you had to walk or find another route, but it was always fun.
In the UK, there was a group called The Rough Stuff Fellowship and at that time, they were mainly people with conventional touring bikes who rode bridleways and moorland tracks, often carrying camping gear.
I still stick to this basic philosophy: ride the bike I have and go where the urge takes me. I own 3 bikes now: a Langdale 2 x 10 road bike, a 2 x 10 Giant Anyroad (a rather heavy and over engineered early gravel bike) and my Pearson fixed road bike. You are as likely to find me in the middle of nowhere on the fixed as you are on the Anyroad.
Does it matter whether "single speed gravel" (or even, "fixed gravel") is a thing? If you enjoy doing it, do it. You're a long time dead.
The bike market is your servant, not your master.
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I'm looking at a Felt Breed single speed gravel bike, anyone have
input or experience with this bike?
input or experience with this bike?
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