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I ride a custom single speed hybrid, built off an old raleigh mtb frame. Perfect for my commute in York (streets are really really shit condition) despite falling in love (again) with cycling in the city, its cheap (to custom build and maintain) as i cant afford to invest too much at the mo (volentary student poverty) and has a low(er) nickability factor even though i sprayed it yellow and gave it drops/v sexy saddle, even so its resonably quick and responsive and eats geared bikes alive. But in saying that i want to grab a second hand langster in time and move to fixed having tried out a friends. But single speed has a great deal of benifits and i would not loose my current ride.