>>893049bunch of hills = no thanks. i have plenty of grades where i traverse but none of them involve gaining insane amounts of momentum down hill or worrying about making it up a hill
And that's all fine and dandy, but not everyone rides the same routes you do. I don't know how many times I've said this but I'll say it again, I have no issue with single speed as I understand that for some people it is adequate, but it's not enough for everybody.
>to do so would imply i was riding full bore and cared about shaving seconds of my time or something. i ride to commute and it feels good, nothing more.The majority of my riding is also commuting, the shorter I can make that journey with the least energy exerted the better. The main reason I commute by bike is because it's so quick, if I didn't care about that I'd just leave earlier and walk.
Also going fast is fun, that's not a hard thing to understand. One of the best parts of my ride home from work is pedalling like a mad man down the final hill and breaking the speed limit.
