#singlespeedbicycle — Public Fediverse posts

Took my steel single speed out for a ride this morning. At one point, I realised that I was going to go close to Balfe's (cycle shop in Crawley, at the old Evans Cycles, highly recommended). I know I need a new bottom bracket so I detoured slightly and dropped in to see if I could book the bike in.

They took it off my hands there and then! Oops. Hadn't expected this at all. Bus ride home... 🤣

While at it, they are going to do a few other things for me, including new pedals as the old ones are completely warped (previous owner must have had quite a few falls).

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A surprising, to me, benefit of riding a single speed bicycle: not having to think about changing gears means I get lost in the moment more. I just *keep on pedalling*, to paraphrase Dora in Finding Nemo. 😀

I find the ride more relaxing even when I have to work harder to get up some of the hills in Crawley.

The single speed, which I bought for little money, from a charity shop, to reduce the stress I would suffer when leaving my more expensive bikes locked up in town, is turning into my bike of choice for more rides than I would have expected.

This makes me think I should try turning the rear wheel around and try going full fixie! But maybe not as I'd probably kill myself. 😄

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# Preparing for winter

My goto bike for going to the shops etc., where I need to lock the bike up while I'm elsewhere, is this single speed bike. I bought it from a charity shop. It's hopefully not very attractive to would-be thieves but, even if stolen, I won't have lost too much money.

I'm preparing for winter by adding mud guards and lights.

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