tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632890123463063360.post1338198733852579020..comments2024-03-14T07:20:31.077-07:00Comments on RockyChrysler.com: Just about a bike: Surly Steamroller [UPDATED]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632890123463063360.post-84007702517322644412024-03-05T19:58:04.524-07:002024-03-05T19:58:04.524-07:00i have a 2000 brown surly ,, bike twin!! awesome b...i have a 2000 brown surly ,, bike twin!! awesome bike!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632890123463063360.post-41893222512327823442017-08-03T13:50:43.235-07:002017-08-03T13:50:43.235-07:00Thanks, Lawrence. I've not had too much troub...Thanks, Lawrence. I've not had too much trouble with my knees thus far in my SS/fixed career, and I'm 50 and have been riding this way for half my life now. Have done some damage to my knees skiing and to my piriformis riding bikes. But I don't think I'd blame a lack of gears for that but rather my poor technique in both regards. Still working toward mastery of most things, I guess. Life is like that.<br /><br />My love of singlespeeding has not abated as I've aged, nor has my proficiency or fitness for it (well, my fitness has some, I suppose). If anything, my passion to ride singlespeeds has increased over time, as I've developed a fondness for the zen of it all, the quiet, the opportunities to bond on a deeper level with my bike, our momentum, and the way I am enabled by doing so to self-propel myself with such efficiency all over the woodland that surrounds my home. Can't recommend it highly enough, as a form of transport and as a way of life. <br /><br />But I will stipulate (as I have elsewhere on this blog) that riding fixedgear bikes (as opposed to freewheelin' singlespeed bikes) in the woods, if you can't find the right mindset, is a great way to take away most-if-not-all of the fun that is otherwise the payback from riding bikes on trails. I've ridden thusly with decreasing regularity as the years worn on. They're not just hard work going up, they're hard work going down, too. So, caveat emptor, friend.<br /><br />Johncoejohncoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993956015603007523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632890123463063360.post-67638870756283497342017-07-31T15:30:40.819-07:002017-07-31T15:30:40.819-07:00I really enjoyed reading this blog. I am 56 years...I really enjoyed reading this blog. I am 56 years old and just getting into biking the past couple of years. I have a Surly ECR, Moots gravel bike and Trek hard tail mtb. I am eagerly awaiting the new Surly Krampus, but was curious about a fixie or ss. I am trying to read all about the Steamroller as i like the Surly brand. I live in Durango, CO so the terrain isn't really flat. I have read some about how hard fixies and ss are on the knees. I don't know whether or not to "go there" with this type of bike. Your thoughts? Thanks.Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515362129059242562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632890123463063360.post-75806526333300994332016-07-27T13:01:29.913-07:002016-07-27T13:01:29.913-07:00Steamrollers are happiest off -road. Yours looks a...Steamrollers are happiest off -road. Yours looks awesome!50voltphantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827209932080133985noreply@blogger.com