Hot damn do I love this new single speed! To imagine that my $2,500 bike would sit in storage while this bike, a mere fraction of the cost, would supplant it as my primary ride. Yes, granted it’s not as fast or comfortable, but what it lacks in speed and creature comforts it makes up for in sheer simplicity. No derailleur to tune, chain slap to endure, shock to pump, front fork to adjust, 9 speed chain to snap or suck, or rear linkage bearings to service. I can just take it out, ride as long and as hard as I want, and put it back it away with nary a concern for routine maintenance. I could ceaselessly expound of its virtues but then that would cut into my riding time.
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