I love how versatile this bike is, it rides like an old touring bike conversion…but good?
The wide spacing and dropouts allow me to run damn near whatever parts are most easily available at the moment. I almost set this up as a 10 speed for this trip but never got around to it. Kinda glad I didn’t tbh.
I’m running a Bontrager rack in the rear, and a Pelago flat rack in the front. Everything is secured with a fuck ton of bungee cords from Kroger. Lol. I packed very front heavy for this trip, so I definitely wanna take advantage of the inside frame space next time. Gonna try to sew up a frame bag to put my food and other smaller items in.
I love the idea of road touring on a fixed gear, for the lack of maintenance mostly but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to do it a little bit for the bragging rights. lol!
My gear ratio is something like 42×17, so pretty easy. I plan to add a front disc brake in order to slow down when loaded, as i can see this getting dicey on bigger hills.
Anyone else running SS/fixed rigs out there? How are you set up?
by chainsaw-wizard
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As someone who runs a triple in the front (changing to a single) and a 10 speed in the back you might regret single speed when you are loaded up and hit a decent hill.
Front: 22/30/40
Back: 11/36
Nice! The Straggler is one of my favorite bikes of all time! Looks like the correct number of gears for the straggler too!
Love it! I’m running my straggler single speed, currently 40×18. I have a 1×10 I keep meaning to put on it but single speed is just so fun