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KySingleSpeed
08-13-2002, 11:27 PM
Anybody know where I can get a shim or adapter to make a 31.8 XT front derailleur fit a 28.6 seat tube? This is for my geared bike, BTW, so no need for salty comments on the KySingleSpeed handle ;)
Raymo853
08-14-2002, 01:18 PM
I needed to do this and ended up just using some pieces of rubber I had lying around in the toolbox. I actually think they were from a clip on light I had. I though it might slip, but it has been on there for two years with no problems.
The Gordo
09-11-2002, 01:05 PM
It is the common belief here in Louisville that all of you single speed guys are Devil worshippers.... Any truth to that?
JerseyDevil
09-22-2002, 01:10 AM
I have a single speed. Or should I say... it has me...
angelo_caduto86
09-22-2002, 01:45 AM
I think you are the (jersey) devil

I do wonder two things. Are your knees sore and on hills do you walk up a lot?
JerseyDevil
09-22-2002, 01:53 PM
No, my knees do not get sore. Maybe I'm lucky, because I do hear a lot of SSers that have bad knees after a while. Proper bike fit helps, as well as technique.
Hills... sometimes that dreaded gravity thing going up an incline gets the better of me, but 90% of the time I'm fine. I usually try to keep my speed up and move my body around a lot to get myself over obstacles instead of just pedaling over them. Every little bit helps. If I am forced into a stall, I pop off my bike and run it up cyclocross style.
All hail the single chainring!
wooglin-at-home
09-23-2002, 12:04 AM
Originally posted by JerseyDevil
All hail the single chainring!

Amen! And the single cog, too.

Anyone know where I can find a sacrificial chicken?
KySingleSpeed
09-23-2002, 08:49 PM
There's no devil in me. Maybe a little devil on my shoulder who, when I wonder should I buy another $100 part I really don't need, says "yeah yeah yeah, buy it, you'll like it."

KySingleSpeed
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The Gordo
09-25-2002, 05:16 AM
I'm fresh out of chickens, but all the hip, young devil worshipping single speeders are sacraficing pygmy goats this year. It's huge in Milan. I have two of the goats, I'll trade them even for a set of Redline Flite cranks and a Howard's Schwinn T-Shirt (Bowling Green KY).