{"id":269,"date":"2013-08-31T12:02:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emaren.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2013-08-31T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T19:02:45","slug":"stuck-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nealon.uk\/blog\/stuck-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in one gear…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago I bought a single-speed bike.<\/p>\n

I love the idea of a simple, honest bike that needs little maintenance and is easy and simple to ride.<\/p>\n

\"[EMAREN]<\/a>

[EMAREN] the bicycle<\/p><\/div>So I bought a nice, SE Racing, Draft. It was pretty nice, a steel frame, coaster brake (no hand brakes), nice, simple, easy.<\/p>\n

Except that I realized that I did not really like the coaster brake, several very near misses later I added decent brakes to it. which lead to lighter wheels.<\/p>\n

This changed the dynamics of the bike.<\/p>\n

Some Aero Bull-horn bars with a double layer of cork tape, a carbon seat post with a decent seat made it ever lighter and faster…<\/p>\n

The latest changes have seen the crappy original bottom bracket replaced with a nice Shimano unit and the steel crankset replaced with a polished alloy FSA unit.<\/p>\n

I added some nice custom graphics as the bike is no longer an SE Draft, it is an [EMAREN] branded bike now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, how does it ride now ?<\/p>\n

It is fast, but I spin-out at 26mph now. I might have to change the gearing to 44T\/15T vs the current 44T\/16T. The 16T is pretty much a standard though, so 15T cogs tend to be a special order. Perhaps I will see how it goes on longer rides.<\/p>\n

I am pretty happy with it….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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