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Pick a gear on your current ride, that you find comfortable on the flats. Stay in that gear (voila..SS) and see if u can grind up the hills. When you find the right gear...go fixed.

Good idea, I'll be back on the steed 730am Monday morning in the shorts and jumper, so will give that a go then!

STE5 I'm 5' 9", and I take a 54cm frame (I think). Thanks for the offer, hopefully I'll have got a new bike by then! Been struggling with my current bike since Sep, quickly running out of patience! I'm quite new to the area, but Bristol seems to be the place to be, should really pay it a visit!

That said, I would try fixed before you decide.

I don't know anyone who owns one sadly. Maybe it's worth converting my current bike to a ss for £20 even though its nackered, just to see if I like it, then get the Langster...

Thanks again

You could just convert your current bike into SS with a single speed conversion kit for under 20 quid. If the front chain rings are fine it should get you up and running quite quickly and cheaply.

I had thought of doing this, but the bottom bracket is knackered, and the front chain rings aren't that straight either, so it's more hassle than it's worth, that, along with the frame weight an absolute tonne!

Lol, thanks. If it's possible, albeit a good workout, I'd like to get one. But not sure whether to get an OTP, possible a Langster, if so, old or new? The other option is getting a cheap frame off ebay/craigslist and building it from scratch, but again no idea what frame to get, ahh the joys of being a noob...

I've been doing this commute for 4 months now, on a 10 year old £80 heavy mountain bike. I've replaced the tyres with some Schwalbe City Jets which made quite a difference, but the entire chainset is nackered, and slips in the highest gear, so not exaclty ideal!

I've been looking to buy a road bike to replace this, but then stubmled upon ss bikes, but a couple of the hills are pretty steep, and I'm not sure if they're too much for single gear bike. I don't want a ratio just for this hill as it'll kill by downhill and flat speed. For any locals, it's Brimble hill just outside Swindon...

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Thanks in advance,

-Ifor

I live in Swindon, but I cycle out of town, it's just over 4 miles one way, with a couple of nasty hills...

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he did already;

That's a very nice looking bike! How much did it set you back?

Great list, very useful, thanks! Now I just need to workout if my commute is too hilly for an SS, what kind of incline can you cope with these bikes? Obviously you could adjust the ratio, but to get good speed on the flat, and not going mad coming down the hill, how steep can you go on an SS?

Thanks

Pro-Lite Trentino
"Aerofoil" seat post option for 2010. £400-£500 for the round seatpost version, depending on colour, presumably a bit more for the Aerobuster version

Cheaper than I thought it would be!

apparently the white ones are more brittle...