I had an old 2001 Specialized Rockhopper FS, my wife bought it for me and based on bad advise from a (now out of business) Local Bike Shop got a 21″ frame and urban tires. Back then I was only interested in riding trails so this wasn’t the best for that. I ended up buying another mountain bike and this one sat for a while until it was briefly reborn as a Motorized bicycle with a poor black repaint.
I got rid of the 2 stroke engine when I got a Motoped and had been reading about single speeds, did some browsing on eBay and got a used singleater chain tensioner, rear sprocket and spacer set and a niner chainring for $30…. Cheap enough to give it a try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7Rebp64bE
First time I rode it I knew I was going to buy more single speeds, third time out was a 33 mile ride along the Cape Cod Rail trail and it did great for a mountain bike with 1.75″ tires and off road gearing (32/18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxREXVr9Nw
Ended up selling this, but only because it got me wanting a dedicated Single Speed mountain bike more my size and after the rail trail I decided a road bike would be a good idea too.
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