No Derailleurs

June 15, 2008

Its not that we are anti-derailleur, its just that for simple, easy urban riding, they don’t seem to be needed. Rolling along on a single speed or internal geared hub takes away the complications that can come from riding with numerous cogs in the back. Sure, we slobber over the latest shiny high performance kit, but that’s for a different kind of riding and there are plenty of cool bikes and brands out there to hang that stuff on.

We focus on urban riding and try to make it as easy as possible to throw your leg over your bike and ride to wherever you want to go.

Initially, we are offering two single speed rides and two that come with 9 speed internal geared hubs. The 9 speeds give you as wide a range of gears as most 24 speed systems due to the redundancy of gears in the middle range. You do lose the potential for a granny gear on internals but hey, you aren’t climbing steep, gnarly single track anyway.

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