 Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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on: May 28, 2010, 01:54:05 PM
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bruce.b
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Who's racing Tour Divide on a singlespeed this year? I know Kent Petersen is one, who else?
Anyone attempting it fixed?
bruce.b
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #1 on: May 30, 2010, 07:19:13 AM
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Slowerthensnot
Have fun and go far
Location: Idledale, CO
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2010, 07:19:13 AM » |
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giving it a break this year!
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #2 on: May 30, 2010, 03:42:08 PM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2010, 03:42:08 PM » |
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giving it a break this year!
So you're in for 2011? Woo Hoo! No other singlespeeders? bruce.b |
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #3 on: May 30, 2010, 03:48:28 PM
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Slowerthensnot
Have fun and go far
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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2010, 03:48:28 PM » |
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i'll do it again at some point not sure when though =)
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #4 on: June 05, 2010, 06:07:03 AM
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Chauncey Matthews
Location: Belen, NM
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2010, 06:07:03 AM » |
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Along with Peterson, I know there are two others.
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 12:33:43 PM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 12:33:43 PM » |
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Who are these two others?
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #6 on: June 05, 2010, 01:02:18 PM
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Eric
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2010, 01:02:18 PM » |
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Erik Mathy
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #7 on: June 05, 2010, 01:29:22 PM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2010, 01:29:22 PM » |
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Best of luck Eric. I noticed that Pete Faeth is on a SS too. That's three.
bruce
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #8 on: June 05, 2010, 01:34:03 PM
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Chauncey Matthews
Location: Belen, NM
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2010, 01:34:03 PM » |
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Who are these two others?
bruce.b
Not sure as I know the people that built their frames, but not the riders by name. I do know that one of them is a British woman, if that helps. |
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #9 on: June 05, 2010, 03:36:41 PM
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carlhutch
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2010, 03:36:41 PM » |
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Aidan Harding from the UK also SS
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #10 on: June 07, 2010, 07:18:09 AM
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AlanG
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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2010, 07:18:09 AM » |
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Heather Dawe, also from the U.K. is on a singlespeed too. She starts the prologue from Calgary today.
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #11 on: June 07, 2010, 07:45:08 AM
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carlhutch
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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2010, 07:45:08 AM » |
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they are all mad.Cant understand why you would want to make it harder then what it can be but best of luck to them.
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #12 on: June 07, 2010, 08:37:54 AM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2010, 08:37:54 AM » |
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Thanks for the updates. Five so far. I follow everyone in the race, it's just that as a singlespeed only rider I follow the SS people just a bit more closely. It would be fun to see what gearing everyone is using. I believe Kent is at 52 gear inches and Chris Plesko did it at about 55 inches. To me that seems like the range I'd want to use. On my bike set up for bikepacking (an OS Blackbuck) I'm currently riding at 55. For this area (northern NJ) that works out great on pavement, dirt roads and some singletrack. It's too high to get up any of the steeper trails, at least for me. 52 inches was a nice all around gearing but the pavement sections were a little slow. On my SS mountain bike I run at about 46 inches, which is a common gearing in this area.
bruce.b
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #13 on: June 08, 2010, 05:10:52 AM
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JeffOYB
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Location: Williamston, MI
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« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2010, 05:10:52 AM » |
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they are all mad.Cant understand why you would want to make it harder then what it can be but best of luck to them.
Hi all... I only rarely ride SS, but I don't mind speculating here as to the Why's. If anyone knows better, let's hear it. I'm thinking it's mainly about pacing. An SS is more like hiking. One stride-length. Seems likely that you coast the downhills. Otherwise, you trundle-spin the flats/mellows and work the up's -- just like wearin' boots. You'd pick a gear where the up's aren't a (knee)strain, I suppose. The second factor might be simplicity and durability. The brain has fewer worries as you go along -- it's possible that there's noticeably less fatigue when "what's my gear?" is just not part of the picture -- and there's less that can happen to the bike. Lastly: wouldn't it save, like, 3 whole sweet pounds? PS: I wonder if any use flip-flops or (what would seem to be lame) tensioners. |
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #14 on: June 08, 2010, 06:19:38 AM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2010, 06:19:38 AM » |
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The whys of singlespeed have been discussed a million times (lighter, more reliable, easier to maintain, less expensive, simpler, looks better, all important perhaps, but secondary reasons). Some people find it more enjoyable, simple as that.
If I wanted to make riding easy I'd get a motor. There is some interesting speculation as to just how much harder a SS is on a course like the GDR. Perhaps not as much as people think. On the right offroad course a SS can be at least as fast as a gearie, faster in certain conditions. Bike weight is a minor consideration for most, IMO.
Flip flops as in a flip flop hub with a cog/freewheel on both sides? If they're not the same number of teeth the bike is a two speed, *not* a singlespeed. No reason why you couldn't ride it and set the TWO SPEED record.
Five people, any more?
bruce.b
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #15 on: June 08, 2010, 07:43:10 PM
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wdlandparker
Location: Woodland Park, CO
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« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2010, 07:43:10 PM » |
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well, I wanted to do it this year, things just didn't pan out, and I ride fixed, about 51 gear inches, so llok for me either next year or the year after that!
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"what now ma nature, what now hahaha?!?!"
(cue hailstorm)
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #16 on: June 12, 2010, 03:22:03 PM
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teamfaeth
Location: Rancho Murieta, Ca
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« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2010, 03:22:03 PM » |
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Hi! My husband is a single speeder and a first timer. I posted on another post that his chain wheel broke in half after Elkford and he walk/cruised his bike to Sparwood. He got it fixed at 10 when the bike shop opened. Whew!
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2 Tim 4:7 Fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith!
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #17 on: June 12, 2010, 03:22:52 PM
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teamfaeth
Location: Rancho Murieta, Ca
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« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2010, 03:22:52 PM » |
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Sorry! His name is Pete Faeth..we live in Sacramento, Ca. Go Pete!  |
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2 Tim 4:7 Fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith!
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Topic Name: Single speed Tour Divide racers this year?
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Reply #18 on: June 12, 2010, 03:43:10 PM
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bruce.b
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« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2010, 03:43:10 PM » |
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Sorry! His name is Pete Faeth..we live in Sacramento, Ca. Go Pete! I was wondering why he dropped back. His chainwheel? Darn. I wonder if he lost a couple of chainring bolts? He was flying before it happened. bruce.b |
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Reply #19 on: June 12, 2010, 03:59:15 PM
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teamfaeth
Location: Rancho Murieta, Ca
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« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2010, 03:59:15 PM » |
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Yea..he mentioned something about the bolts. He wasn't happy watching all the guys take off this morning while he waited until the bike shop opened. He seems to be catching up with the rest of them. The bike shop had someone deliver the part to him. Thank goodness. I wonder when he will cross the border?
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