Comments on: Siren Song 29″er Single Speed: First Ride Impressions http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dirt McGirt http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36955 Dirt McGirt Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:33:33 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36955 Ano Purple? You old skool fool, you! Ano Purple? You old skool fool, you!

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36951 Guitar Ted Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:19:33 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36951 RJ: Sorry! Just pulled back into the home base 1250 miles away today. :) RJ: Sorry! Just pulled back into the home base 1250 miles away today. :)

]]> By: RJ http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36927 RJ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:13:17 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36927 Hey, Is that bike still in the El Paso area. I would love to check it out. Hey,

Is that bike still in the El Paso area. I would love to check it out.

]]> By: OhNooo http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36915 OhNooo Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:53:27 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36915 Cool! Thanks for the great review! Cool! Thanks for the great review!

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36808 Guitar Ted Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:41:36 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/2008/03/19/siren-song-29er-single-speed-first-ride-impressions/#comment-36808 OhNooo: #1: No chain issues what so ever. No weird noises, no popping, nothing. I would think that if the chain slackened during compression at all it would be a recipe for derailment. No such issues with the Song. #2: Hard to quantify. The ride on the Song was only my second ride ever on this trail and the first one was over a year earlier. I did have a few pedal strikes, but these trails were super rocky and technical and I was running 180mm cranks to boot. If pedal strikes are a concern simply have Brendan design around that. :) #3: No. None. #4: Obviously the frames down tube would necessarily need to be stiffer for me, as I have mentioned. Maybe a squidgen shorter top tube, but really, nothing else comes to mind. Oh! I would have it anodized purple! I almost forgot! ;) OhNooo: #1: No chain issues what so ever. No weird noises, no popping, nothing. I would think that if the chain slackened during compression at all it would be a recipe for derailment. No such issues with the Song.

#2: Hard to quantify. The ride on the Song was only my second ride ever on this trail and the first one was over a year earlier. I did have a few pedal strikes, but these trails were super rocky and technical and I was running 180mm cranks to boot. If pedal strikes are a concern simply have Brendan design around that. :)

#3: No. None.

#4: Obviously the frames down tube would necessarily need to be stiffer for me, as I have mentioned. Maybe a squidgen shorter top tube, but really, nothing else comes to mind. Oh! I would have it anodized purple! I almost forgot! ;)

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