Ok, so the new ride is developing nicely. I wanted to do something different with this build but I seem to have exausted every sub genre there is in mountain cycling. I've done fixed, single speed, full sus, front sus, sub £20 build, 29er, 20in, 24in, flat bar, riser, drop bar, swept, rigid, road, the list probably goes on...or so I thought. On a recent vist to our local trail centre up at Llandegla I became aware that even though I had a wide spread of gears at the back (nine), I shifted in groups of two or three. Double shifts wherever possible. Not utilising the whole block. Now Llandegla is a natural home to the full sus but I've fancied riding my single speed up there through the winter...but my knees just wouldnt cope. Hey presto! The triple speed was born and with it another pointless and untapped genre in mountain biking. That's right! Have you had enough of the limited scope of single-speeding but don't want the faff of more than say, maybe 3 gears? Then the triple gear (or Tripler as it'll will surely become know) is the one for you! Simply tell the shifter "Fast, Medium or Slow please!", which are realistically the only gears you ever need. You'll all want one next year! See images... Still no wheels though.
Ok we have wheel now...and the shifting works!
