Rear gears no triple or double on the front - road bike

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  • snailracer
    snailracer Posts: 968
    snailracer wrote:
    I wouldn't recommend a setup where you have nothing to catch the chain if it falls off the outside of the chainring. Best case, your chain is caught by the pedal and you coast to a stop. Worst case, slack chain tangles in rear wheel/cranks and you skid. As the chain commonly drops when changing up (because the chain vibrates more on upshifts), this is likely to coincide with a dash across a junction/overtaking - most inopportune. So, I would always recommend having a outer chainring or chainguard to catch the chain.
    Or leaving the front derailleur on, contrary to the OP's desires.
  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Edinburgh cycle Coop "Courier' bikes are one chainring. Good value too.

    It is flat barred however

    They do a number of variants of the basic bike, 26" wheels, 700C wheels, disk brakes, hub gears, disk brakes

    Halfords "subway 1' used to be single ring but I think they messed up a nice simple bike with a double at the front

    I bought a second hand dahon vitesse folder a couple of weeks ago. That's one chainring with a sram hub gear, 7 speed
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