One of the reoccurring waves of enthusiasm for two-wheeled fun that I’ve enjoyed over the years has been driven by singlespeed bicycles. It probably was heavily influenced by growing up near Chicago and the Schwinn Bicycle Company. I grew up riding steel singlespeeds. Somewhere in my twenties, I started mountain biking on a steel Rockhopper […]
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The Burning Bike Podcast Singlespeed USA Report from Austin Texas!
Another Single Speed USA is in the books. Austin did it right. There are many moving pieces to the festivities that encompass this event. Halloween rides downtown Austin on Thursday night. I missed it because I was marking the course, but it looked and sounded that everyone who attended had a great time. The Greenway […]
The Burning Bike Podcast – SS/USA Austin Preview
In the early morning hours of last year’s Single Speed USA, the final round of the decider tournament took place in a dark bowling alley in Port Jervis, NY. Three states battled it out in a game of bumper bowling to decide where SSUSA2019 would be hosted and Texas prevailed. Kerry & Chewy 2011 Women’s […]
Fat & Single – The Fat-Bikes of SSUSA
Last weekend, I sidled my way into an invitation to this year’s edition of Singlespeed USA (SSUSA) up at one of my favorite trail systems, Levis-Trow. It wasn’t too hard to do, since our amigos and gnome-fest cousins, Brett, Spinner & Chewey were running the show. It was a perfect opportunity to hang out with […]