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Single speed riding – trail rises

Single speed riding – trail rises

This is my second post in a series about my experiences on the single speed. If you are interested in my story about how I got into single speeding you can check it out here. Basics Lots of us can be lazy when riding a geared bike… and on occasion lazy works well for me [...]


Single speed riding – an introduction

Single speed riding – an introduction

This is my first post in a series about my experiences on the single speed. If you are interested in how to tackle trail rises on your one geared friend, you can check my second post here. I’ve received a few emails recently asking about what tyres and gear ratio is suitable for single speeding [...]


GT Peace single speed review

GT Peace single speed review

You can see many more photos of the GT Peace here at Flickr Messing around with parts I’ve now ridden the new GT Peace a few times since I picked it up just under a week ago. It has seen daily commutes and a few rides at Bottlelake forest. Also during the past week I’ve [...]


GT Peace 26″ – rigid steel single speed

GT Peace 26″ – rigid steel single speed

Hello to my new toy! After throwing the current single speed together at the start of the winter and absolutely falling in love with it since it first hit the dirt… last night after work I eagerly picked up a new ride for the collection to replace the current aluminum SS with some more steel [...]




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