singlespeed Archives
May 5th, 2008
Chipps asked me yesterday how many SSUKs I’d done. I’d never given it a thought. I knew that I’d missed the first (Hinchwick Manor, Gloucestershire fact fans) and one in Wales, which it turns out meant that SSUK 08 would make it a dirty* dozen. Past experience at Drumlanrig Castle told me it would […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race | 2 Comments »
April 29th, 2008
SSUK 08 has appeared over the horizon incredibly quickly this year.
See you there.
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race | No Comments »
March 31st, 2008
Having sat on the rowing machine through the British men winning the Team Pursuit Gold, setting a new world record in the process, Kirsty and I went to see the real thing last Friday at the World Track Championships in Manchester.
We didn’t miss out as one of the first things we saw on Friday evening […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, culture, race | 4 Comments »
March 21st, 2008
Nannerch, 1997
This was my first race on a ‘true’ singlespeed as opposed to the bodged up (chain tensioned) GT or cylco-cross bike I’d been riding until then. A borrow of “Uncle Tufty”, running a frankly silly 34:16 gearing at Nannerch in North Wales in 1997. Check out those thighs!
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race | No Comments »
January 8th, 2008
A whole shitstorm has kicked off over on MTBR here and here (careful - it’s slow as slow thing these days), about the SSWC08.
Looks like Curtiss et al did a great job of weeding out the undesirables to me. Some of the comments being thrown their way are clear indications that the protaginists are the […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, culture, race | 4 Comments »
January 1st, 2008
From Curtis…
Hello Everyone:
Registration for the Single Speed World Championships 2008 in Napa,
CA, USA, will open on January 1, 2008, at 12:00 a.m. pacific standard
time (AKA: California time)*. We will post an on-line form for people
to fill out and email to us soon. Again, registration does not open
until January 1, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. Any emailed […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race | 1 Comment »
December 28th, 2007
Well, actually registration for SSUK 08 has been open since afore Xmas, but it doesn’t yet contain a big message saying “Fuck Off We’re Full” so I’m guessing spaces are still available.
Drumlanrig is the place, May 3rd - 5th. Take it from us that the trails are ace.
Can’t sort out your payment by paypal? email […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race | No Comments »
November 19th, 2007
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed, race, news | No Comments »
October 29th, 2007
My own experiences with fixed gear are distinctly tourist. Pre-marriage days I wanted something for the 20 mile winter commute. Fitting 700c wheels into a singlespeed frame was simple enough. A calliper brake in the Kona Project 2s easily reached the rim for front-brakeage. The back wasn’t so simple. The rear seatstay bridge wasn’t drilled […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under singlespeed | 1 Comment »
October 1st, 2007
Langster London - Now Sold Out
Further to our original remarks on the silliness Specialized may have underestimated the popularity of the Langster we tried to buy one. As my wife’s first choice, the Seattle wasn’t available she was happy to take a London. Now our local bike shop is ringing round the UK trying to […]
Posted by Nick | Filed under stuff, singlespeed | 6 Comments »
The things we listen to are occasionally logged on Last.fm

New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.
It doesn't update from the wheels of steel though :-)
Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.

in no particular order...

For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.

Singletrack

The Outcast

Dirt Rag

Bike
If anyone has a full set of NEMBA results (that‚s North of England for you colonial types) then please forward them.
sometimes you just gotta take action, or at least be able to get our hands on the FACTS