FS SS

EMFC · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:26 pm

Found this on MTBR, this just made my FS 29er decision that much harder and here I was looking at bikes w/ gears.

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Another one:

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Bryan_ECSD · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:37 pm

Maybe this will help you...

EMFC · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:43 pm

AWESOME!!!!!

Bryan_ECSD · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:45 pm

Its all about priorities!

GP_pilot · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:45 pm

A full-sus single speed defeats the whole purpose of having a single speed...simplicity. Either man up and mash gears or go back to a ss hardtail like the rest of the camp.

:flame:

EMFC · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:03 pm

GP_pilot wrote:

A full-sus single speed defeats the whole purpose of having a single speed...simplicity. Either man up and mash gears or go back to a ss hardtail like the rest of the camp.

:flame:

What's not simple about that? You dont' have to screw w/ the rear shock EVER! Plus if your bike is missing this:

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it is 99% simpler than a bike w/ one.

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:27 pm

Ahh yes, the Milk Money!

luna · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:44 pm

GP_pilot wrote:

A full-sus single speed defeats the whole purpose of having a single speed...simplicity. Either man up and mash gears or go back to a ss hardtail like the rest of the camp.

:flame:

+1 Preach it Brother.

EMFC · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:22 am

luna wrote:

GP_pilot wrote:

A full-sus single speed defeats the whole purpose of having a single speed...simplicity. Either man up and mash gears or go back to a ss hardtail like the rest of the camp.

:flame:

+1 Preach it Brother.

Let me look in the single speed handbook and see what the requirements are for a singlespeed. Oh yea that's right there are no rules, as long as it has ONE gear it is a SS.

Canaan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:43 pm

That bike doesn't appear to have a chain tensioner. How do you deal with chain growth that I assume you'd get with rear suspension?

GP_pilot · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:57 pm

Canaan wrote:

That bike doesn't appear to have a chain tensioner. How do you deal with chain growth that I assume you'd get with rear suspension?

Bingo! Virtual or actual pivot must be the centerline of the bottom bracket.

EMFC wrote:

luna wrote:

GP_pilot wrote:

A full-sus single speed defeats the whole purpose of having a single speed...simplicity. Either man up and mash gears or go back to a ss hardtail like the rest of the camp.

:flame:

+1 Preach it Brother.

Let me look in the single speed handbook and see what the requirements are for a singlespeed. Oh yea that's right there are no rules, as long as it has ONE gear it is a SS.

Well if simplicity isn't a requirement, then pickup a cheap Demo 9 for $1k and throw a single gear on the back. :wink:

EMFC · **Posted:** Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:59 pm

Canaan wrote:

That bike doesn't appear to have a chain tensioner. How do you deal with chain growth that I assume you'd get with rear suspension?

It has to do with where the suspension is located. The rear end pivots around the BB so the chain length remains constant.

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