Singlespeed porquê ? (Citações)

Porquê ?
Sim porquê esta paixão pelas singlespeed.
Para mim começou por simples curiosidade e por uma questão de aproveitamento de material que tinha na garagem, de sobra, que ia substituindo na bicicleta de velocidades.
Depois, quando comecei a andar com mais regularidade foi-se tornando realmente numa paixão, porque é muito diferente de andar com velocidades, as exigências são maiores e o desafio é mais tentador, por isso e por muito mais eu gosto de andar de singlespeed.

Fica aqui um documento que são os mandamentos do singlespeed, desculpem não traduzir porque a tradução altera o espirito da coisa.

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The Tao of Singlespeeding
By Corvus Corvax

The Tao of Singlespeeding

Adapted from the Tao Te Ching, the following verses are meant to inspire and enlighten. As there are a total of 13 verses, we will continue to release a new verse with each successive eNewsletter.
ride. enjoy. live.

1
The ride that can be finished is not the perfect ride.
The frame that can be broken is not the perfect frame.
The ride is the beginning of sky and dirt.
The singlespeed is the mother of the ten thousand gears.
Ever desireless, one can see the trail.
Ever desiring, one can see the bike.
The two spring from the same source, but differ in name;
this appears as riding.
The gate to all mystery.

2
Sky and dirt are ruthless;
They see the ten thousand gears as useless.
The wise are ruthless;
They see the riders as fools.

The space between sky and dirt is like a tire.
The shape changes but not the form;
The more it moves, the more it yields.
More gears count less.
Hold fast to the trail.

3
Sky and dirt last forever.
Why do sky and dirt last forever?
They are unborn,
So ever living.
The singlespeeder is behind on the downhill, and ahead on the climb.
He is unencumbered, thus at one with all.
Through flow, he attains fulfillment.

4
Better stop short than fill to the brim.
Make the bike too light, and the handling will suffer.
Adorn your frame with XTR, and no lock can protect it.
Claim medals and podiums, and drug tests will follow.
Drink beer when the ride is done.
This is the way of singlespeeding.

5
Thirty-two spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape latex into a tube;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Drill eyelets in a rim;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness comes from what is not there.

6
Accept difficulty willingly.
Accept pain as the human condition.

What do you mean by "Accept difficulty willingly"?
Accept being unimportant.
Do not be concerned with your heart rate.
This is called "accepting difficulty willingly."

What do you mean by "Accept pain as the human condition"?
Pain comes from having a body.
Without a body, how could there be pain?

Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to ride any trail.
Love your bike as your own self; then you can truly ride anywhere.

7
The masters are subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive.
The skill of their riding is unfathomable.
Because it is unfathomable,
All we can do is describe their appearance.
Delicate, like riders crossing a winter stream.
Alert, as if on tight singletrack.
Balanced, as if negotiating a switchback.
Focused, as if on a long climb.
Yielding, like fine steel.
Simple, like track hubs.
Smooth, like machined bearings.

Who can wait quietly for the ride to begin?
Who can remain still until the moment of action?
Followers of singlespeeding do not seek advantage.
Not seeking advantage, they are not swayed by a desire for change.

8
Do you think you can take my bike and improve it?
I do not believe it can be done.

My singlespeed is sacred.
You cannot improve it.
If you try to change it, you will lose it.
If you add a suspension fork, you will ruin it.

So sometimes I am ahead and sometimes I am behind;
Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily;
Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;
Sometimes the trail goes up and sometimes down.

Therefore the singlespeeder avoids extremes, complacency, and heavy traffic on climbs.

9
Give up gears, and put an end to your troubles.

Is there a difference between the granny and the big ring?
Is there a difference between uphill and downhill?
Must I ride what others ride? What nonsense!
Other people are contented, enjoying their full suspension.
In spring some go to the trails and descend the mountain.
But I alone am riding, not knowing where I am.
Like a newborn babe before it learns to smile,
I am alone, without a place to go.

Everyone else is busy,
But I alone am aimless and wandering.
I am different.
I am nourished by the trail.


10
To ride one gear is natural.
Sprints do not last all morning,
Descents do not last all day.

The follower of singlespeeding
is at one with his bike.
He who rides smoothly
Experiences flow.
He who loses the trail
Becomes confused.
When you are at one with your bike,
The trail welcomes you.
When you conserve your momentum,
The flow is always there.
When you are at one with pain,
The pain is experienced willingly.

He who does not get out of the saddle
Will not make it to the top of the hill.

11
He who has his weight forward is not steady.
He who sprints cannot maintain the pace.
He who makes a show is not enlightened.
He who is self-righteous is not respected.
He who boasts achieves nothing.
He who brags will not endure.
According to the followers of singlespeeding,
"These are extra gears and unnecessary weight,"
They do not bring happiness.
Therefore followers of singlespeeding avoid them.

12
Spinning is the motion of the singlespeed.
Flow is the way of the singlespeed.
The ten thousand gears are born of singlespeeding.
Singlespeeding is born of not riding.

13
The wise rider hears of singlespeeding and practices it diligently.
The average rider hears of singlespeeding and thinks of it now and again.
The foolish rider hears of singlespeeding and laughs aloud.
If there were no laughter, singlespeeding would not be what it is.

Hence it is said:
The smooth trail seems rough.
Going forward seems like retreat.
The easy climb seems hard.
Singlespeeding is quiet and without artifice.
One gear alone nourishes and brings the ride to completion.

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Adapted by Corvus Corvax from The Tao Te Ching, translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, Random House, Inc., New York (1972), with apologies to Lao Tsu.
© 1998-2007 Dirt Rag Magazine

Muito bom, é a biblia SS

Adorei todas, mas umas ficaram na "ram", como esta.:

-"He who does not get out of the saddle
Will not make it to the top of the hill. "




Ouve ai outra que até franzi a pestana, mas aprovo o gosto de cada um, é uma frase que é anti-suspenção na ss
Cada um tem o seu gosto e estilo, é isso que importa e por isso respeito o escritor!

Muitos de nós que começaram no singlespeed, começaram por simples curiosidade ou por avaria da bicicleta de mudanças, outros porque gostam do aspecto simples das singlespeed, as formas limpas sem aquele arsenal de cabos, fios e manetes das velocidades, cabos para o bloqueio da suspensão no guiador, mas simplesmente o quadro, a forqueta, duas rodas, um par de pedais os travões e mais nada, e quando começamos a pensar por este ponto, porque é que o singlespeed não está mais desenvolvido?
E será que dá para desenvolver?
Não será porque não interessa á grande Shimano?
Será porque não gastas quase nenhumas peças sobressalentes?
Logo não precisas de andar atrás do último grito da moda no que diz respeito a peças.
Também compreendo quem, já experimentou e não se adaptou a andar de singlespeed, porque como tudo na vida é preciso gostar, e neste caso também, mais um pouco de espírito de sacrifício do que nas multispeed, isto porque em algumas subidas muito longas ou íngremes deixamos de ter a ajuda da tecnologia assim como em percursos muito planos corremos o risco de levantar voo de tanto dar aos pedais para podermos acompanhar os nossos companheiros das multispeed.
No fim disto ponho-me a pensar, porque é que eu gosto tanto de andar em singlespeed.
Porque, simplesmente é uma singlespeed!

Simplicidade é a palavra chave:

do conceito
do material
do retorno

É como redescobrir a sensação extraordinária que todos tivemos quando andámos os primeiros metros na bina, em total equilíbrio, com um sorriso fantástico espetado na cara.

Não sou fundamentalista e gostos não se discutem mas 80% do que se vive neste belo mundo das bicicletas é produto do marketing. mas isso é outra história...

Imagina o teu melhor passeio em MS e o prazer que te deu.............

Em SS multiplicas isso por 5.

Um abraço

Oscar

Mais um apanhado de pensamentos que reflectem algumas ideias da generalidade dos singlespeeder´s, por (pagrat)

The Ten Phases of Singlespeeding

1. Build your first singlespeed -- inspired by others riding SS, you either convert an old bike or buy an entry level SS to get the flavor.. Ride it, ***** about how hard it is getting up the hills, think about where to ride next. Lather, rinse and repeat...

2. Upgrade madness -- the weight weenie / blinglespeed side takes over and you suddenly develop a need to upgrade. A combination of an empty bank account, an upset significant other or a weight weenie part failure ensues. You have parts shipped to work, so the wife won't see the bike parts you ordered. You start looking for ideas (like the MTBR SS forum) to further your obsession of the perfect SS.

3. Gear ratios - your brain becomes obsessed with determining the optimum gear ratio for the upcoming race or given terrain. You temporarily lose focus on just riding and being one with your bike. Your library of forks, chain rings and cogs/cassettes starts to rival the selection at Supergo or Webcyclery.

4. Realization - the entry level SS no longer is good enough. You convince yourself you need a better bike -- custom, SS specific, whatever..

5. Purism - you realize that you're almost exclusively riding your SS. Your other bikes are collecting dust. Under your breath, you sometimes mock others riding gears and work your butt off to one-up them. You use your SS as a tool to brag or as an excuse / handicap (I geared too stiff for the course...) Start hating RockShox and Shimano just on principle, and start thinking rigid forks and DH tires are the better setup.

6. Laziness - you go out and upgrade to a "proper" SS. Now that you it, the upgrade and gear ratio obsessions are fulfilled. You get lazy, and start trashing your bike without taking care of it. You forget about checking tire pressures, chain tension, broken teeth and don't even consider about the consequences. A wonderful delusion, until the bike leaves you stranded 5 miles from your car, and your cell phone has no signal deep in the woods...

7. Heresy - ride your SS so much, that when you ride your geared bike, you miss your SS. You take it one step further and actually sell off the geared bike(s) that you previously couldn't live without.

8. Fight club - start putting beer in your water bottles, grow some unusual facial hair (for the men), dress like a freak, and acquire the attitude that you don't give a **** about racing or beating the gearies. Riding a pink colored bike frame or wearing orange socks with your Birkenstocks to a bar after the ride doesn't even click to you as being strange.

9 (optional) Scorching - as if SS'ing isn't fringe enough, start thinking http://www.63xc.com is an interesting alternative. Give it a go, maybe even get hooked.

10. Approach martyrdom - actually leave the clique by riding so much that few buddies can keep up with you. You become one with your bike. You simultaneously learn a level of humbleness and let your results speak for themselves.

pagrat

Andei muito tempo preso na fase 2 ... agora estou na 2.5 a cair para a 3

Passado este tempo todo, desde que repliquei aqui estes pensamentos, muitos de nós que por aqui andavam, já desistiram, outros que até experimentaram e gostaram também optaram por outros conceitos.
Eu por enquanto cá vou andando só com uma, monogamia será paixão?
No entanto a revista Dirt Rag, voltou a publicar agora com ilustrações os mesmos mandamentos do singlespeed.

http://dirtragmag.com/blast-from-the-past-the-tao-of-singlespeeding/

Porquê? Por razões óbvias.

Desenterrar o tópico

Aquilo que se tornou numa curiosidade, veio ao longo destes anos a apoderar-se cada vez mais do meu modo de pedalar. Sim, já cheguei a fazer competição e já andei metido em planos de treino, mas rapidamente vi que isso não era para mim, além de queimar a carteira, eu próprio nunca fui muito competitivo com os outros, prefiro a competição comigo próprio afim de me superar. Ora aqui neste último ponto entra a SingleSpeed!

Quando participava em maratonas com a minha MS e cada vez que ouvia barulhos parasitas e/ou desafinações constantes lá me lembrava da minha companheira de guerra, a chaimite! Com esta nunca tive chatices, já com a irmã dela... Lá está, quantas mais mudanças têm, mais maricas vão ficando!

A SingleSpeed para mim é ter aquela liberdade e simplicidade de pegar na bicicleta e pedalar, sem ter que fazer um checkup exaustivo antes (e depois) de cada volta, é pegar e andar! Muitos de nós começou a pedalar em BMX ou em outras bicicletas só com uma mudança, portanto em adulto é continuar esse conceito. Em termos de saúde, dá-nos tanto (ou até mais) que as outras companheiras, uma vez que temos que despender de mais força, vamos treinando mais os músculos, logo consequentemente, o resto!

Da parte da saúde financeira, aqui então a coisa ainda corre melhor, menos gasto, mais se poupa para se gastar durante os passeios, ou seja, aquilo que se poupa em componentes novos, vamos poupando e quando vamos pedalar depois nalgum passeio e/ou voltinha, podemos usar esse mesmo dinheiro para pagar uma bela refeição (ou umas minis aos companheiros do pedal, desde que não seja uma multidão ehehe).