...which, incidentally, was a thing Grant promoted when the Quickbeam was released. He was big into getting off and running or walking as part of the ride, which I thought was the coolest thing. You're outside on a bike, why not walk or run a bit, too??!
On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 10:15:57 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > "I am truly curious. How is it different than just not shifting? How is > it more fun?" > > Hi Roberta! > > It really isn't different if you can stick with it, but I've tried a > hundred times and can't do it. If that next higher/lower gear is available > I'm grabbing it! For me what makes a true singlespeed fun is that > inability: All I can do is hop on and pedal and if I run out of oomph I get > off and walk. It's not my thing these days but I still see the appeal, it's > freeing. > > Joe "I think I walked more that rode my last singlespeed" Bernard > > On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 8:55:54 PM UTC-7 Roberta 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c0cff91e-09df-4f69-97b7-645ed2f37efcn%40googlegroups.com.
