Roberta: If you’re worried about hills, why not try a three-speed? Sturmey Archer hubs come in a 120mm width to fit “fixie” or “single speed” frames, but also easily adapt with spacers to fit 126mm (perhaps wider). Set your top gear as your “flatland” gear and go down from there. Unless you’re climbing something really steep, you can gear down enough to get over most hills.
I rode fixed for years, then switched to Sturmey Archer’s three-speed fixed hub (S3X) and them converted that hub (on two different bikes) by replacing the splined S-A cog with a one-speed freewheel. Reminder that Tommy Godwin rode 3- and 4-speed bikes up and down England in 1939 through two brutal winters and the start of WWII … completing more than 75,000 miles before the year was out! So yes, long and difficult rides can be done on internally geared hubs! --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Apr 18, 2021, at 8:55 PM, Roberta <rchas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am truly curious. How is it different than just not shifting? How is it > more fun? When I was looking for a second Riv, Will (at Riv) suggested their > single speed (I didn't do it). > > I had a 49 lb Raleigh LTD-3 for a few months prior to Riv, which had been > converted it to a single speed. I rode the bike around downtown for > errands. It was tons of fun, but Philadelphia is flat downtown, so SS was > OK. I'd be concerned about any hills. > > Roberta > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fe7a0b4f-f533-4d4c-883e-e1c36b751c57n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fe7a0b4f-f533-4d4c-883e-e1c36b751c57n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/23188CB1-0419-49B5-97A2-B499B0BFF20A%40me.com.
