I'm currently running Panaracer T Serves 700x35 on my SimpleOne at around 85 psi. I am 258 pounds of old fatness and run my chain a little on the loose side, not saggy, just a little loose, otherwise it binds a little on the chain ring. With no deraileur spring to take up or increase slack you'll get some binding. When it comes to coasting, I can coast forever it seems. I did get some brake shoe drag early on and it made it considerably harder to pedal. Your QB/SO should be easy to pedal.....of course that depends on the gearing somewhat. My main cruising gear is only 66 inches which works for me in my area. I ride a LHT geared bike currently with 700x47's Schwalbes at 60 psi and the bike weighs 40 pounds so my SO feels fast. For bars I use Nitto (45 cm wide at the drops 36cm at the hoods) Rando bars and ride the hoods 90% of the time. I think you have a tight chain, off angled rear tire or a dragging brake.
On Feb 10, 11:48 am, Peter Pesce <[email protected]> wrote: > I've really been loving the single speeding simplicity of my new-to-me QB, > but it's not feeling particularly quick. > I was expecting a slick, efficient, butter-smooth feel to the bike, but it > seems a bit more like I'm riding through peanut butter. I'm finding I need > to pedal on slight downhills that my Sam and LHT will accelerate while > coasting down. Sluggish is about the only way to describe it. > > There are a couple of things I'm thinking, and would appreciate any advice: > > 1) This is my first experience with an Albatross bar and the upright > posture may be increasing my (already considerable) wind resistance more > than I'm used to. > > 2) I added a Dos Eno freewheel and it's got a pretty hefty amount of drag. > When I have the bike in the stand, and spin the rear wheel in the forward, > freewheeling, direction the cranks spin right along too. This doesn't > happen with my cassette-equipped bikes. The wheel also doesn't coast (in > the stand) nearly as long as my shimano cassette equipped bikes. Maybe this > gets better over time? It's a brand new freewheel. I had a Shimano > freewheel on it for a while, and the bike felt better, but could the Dos > Eno really be that slow? > > 3) The Jack Brown Blue/Open Sport wheels on the QB are close enough in > weight to the Kojak/Dyads on my Sam that I don't think I'm noticing a > radical difference in inertia. Tire pressures are checked and fine. > > 4) This is my first ever single speed (if you don't count the Schwinn BMX > bike I had when I was 12) - is there any trick to setting them up that I > may not be aware of? I read all of Sheldon's advice on the topic... my > chainline seems fine (wouldn't matter coasting anyway) and the tension > seems OK. The wheel is straight.... > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Pete in CT > SingleSixtySidepullSam... and Quick-ish-beam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
