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404 Gears Not Found Day of the Dead Ride poster for Sunday, November 1, 2026 at Buffalo Creek, with a bicycle on a ridge under an orange sky, a winding orange trail through dark hills, and the tagline One Gear is Enough

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Day of the Dead Ride: Buffalo Creek

A 404 group ride at Buffalo Creek on Sunday, November 1. Wheels down at 8am, a classic loop, lunch and beers at Zoka's after. Set your clocks back or spend an hour alone in the parking lot.

Apple Watch Ultra, Garmin Fenix 7X Pro Sapphire Solar, and Suunto Core lined up side by side on a wood table, all showing the same time

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I Wear an Apple Watch Ultra Every Day and Still Pack a Suunto Core

An Apple Watch Ultra, a Garmin Fenix, and a Suunto Core walk into the backcountry. Only one of them needs nothing from me.

The titanium kettle glowing on the lit Trangia burner at golden hour, flame visible beside it, a 404 Gears Not Found water bottle in the foreground

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My Bikepacking Cooking Kit

The stove, kettle, coffee setup, and water system I actually carry when I strap camping gear to a mountain bike.

Two old Shimano square taper bottom bracket spindles lying side by side on rocky dirt, one bare silver, one rusted and labeled Shimano BB-UN71

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The Humble Square Taper

Thirty-plus years of wrenching, a lot of old mountain bikes, and a case for one of the most underrated pieces of bicycle technology.

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A hand turning a black can of Singlespeed American Pale Ale, the white label text reading the official beverage of our ancient ritual of stupidity and a world class event that isn't classy at all

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Single Speed Worlds 2026: Port Jervis, New York

A running diary from Single Speed Worlds in Port Jervis, New York, my first trip to the Northeast. Updated every day of the event.

Blake sitting on a fallen aspen log at golden hour next to a pyramid tent at the dispersed camp, mountains silhouetted behind, loaded Krampus leaned against a tree in the foreground

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Rampart Reservoir: One Loaded Lap, One Full Campground

A loaded lap around Rampart Reservoir with Fixie Dave, a fully booked Thunder Ridge Campground, a dispersed camp under Pikes Peak, and two different ways back home.

Brad riding a borrowed Surly Karate Monkey down shaded singletrack through ponderosa pine on the Genesee Mountain descent

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The Genesee Mountain Loop

A short blue loop above I-70 with an easy climb, a longer-feeling descent, a resident bison herd, and one neighbor's first single-speed ride.

Two mountain bikes, one orange and one black, leaning against a tree stump on a rocky overlook with granite rock formations and pine forest in the distance

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Buffalo Creek: Little Scraggy Loop

Thirteen miles of sustained climbing, granite problems, and a long flowy descent around Little Scraggy Peak.

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Bearded rider having his head shaved outdoors, holding a can and a baby doll with a shirt reading SHOW ME ON THE DOLL WHERE SINGLESPEED HURT YOU

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Fixie Dave

The straight and narrow of fixed gear off-road.

Rider giving a thumbs up next to a single-speed mountain bike laid over on a desert singletrack trail

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Blake Cannon

Why fewer gears, a favorite ratio, and the dumbest idea that worked.

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Salmon Surly Karate Monkey leaning against a trail sign post in a mountain meadow

Dumb Ideas That Somehow Worked

Decisions that had no business succeeding, and did anyway.

Rider looking out over the Salida valley from the trail, two bikes dropped in the foreground under a dramatic cloudy sky

Single Speed Events

Single Speed USA in Salida and Richfield, Single Speed Worlds in Port Jervis, and a lot of very committed one-geared riders.

White On-One Inbred single-speed mountain bike leaning against a barbed-wire fence in tall green grass, with trees and open field behind

Start Here

New here? A guided way into the bikes, people, rides, gearing math, and questionable reasoning behind single speeding. Not a required sequence, just a good place to begin.

Surly Krampus single-speed mountain bike leaning on a rock beside a dirt trail, with storm clouds over the foothills behind it

Steel Forever

Bikes built from steel and kept far longer than intended.

Manifesto

There are no derailleurs here. Just bikes, rides, people, and places that prove one gear is enough.

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