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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 USA

One event, two towns, 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.