Last week, we took a look at the nuts and bolts required to convert a standard mountain bike frame over to a single speed. As the single speed craze caught on more steam, the mountain bike community started integrated methods typically found in commuter bikes to develop single speed specific mountain bikes with integrated methods of adjusting chain tension. If you are...

Single speeding is a completely different animal when it comes to mountain biking. The simplicity and riding style is unlike any other form of fat tire obsession. While many think they can just ‘not shift’ and get the same experience…they are wrong. The quiet tranquility and momentum keeping riding style of single speeding is unique to bikes with only...

Guest Post by: Jason Milliron Over the last six months, I’ve grown bored and annoyed at my modern full suspension mountain bike. The incessant chain slap. The complicated and vulnerable rear derailleur. The bobbing suspension. The lazy lines I was being allowed to pick. It no longer brought me joy. I started to take note of the people riding better then me without...

That’s right…I finally said it. I really do miss my singlespeed. Now, to clarify, I don’t particularly miss the Curtlo as much as singlespeeding itself. The Curtlo was an incredible bike built by Doug Curtis. It rode beautifully and one of the best rides I have ever been on was a ss ride on this bike at Tsali with Jason. It was just one of those...