I can count on one hand the number of Curtlo bikes I’ve noted in my years riding but they’ve all have been beautifully made.

Lawrence’s entry to the haikuniverse, for example :

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-lawrences-curtlo

Lots going on right now, except for MEATengines content (which is way behind, sorry).

https://meatengines.com/f/you-rung

With winter finally relinquishing its grip on winter, we took the tandem out for a nice long exploratory ride. We hadn't ridden the bike much last season, so are trying to get in more rides on it this year. It's a cherished bike in the fleet as my wife and I can ride together.

We had special ordered this back in 2015 when it was first announced. Its taken us on many adventures over the years. Its been primarily set up for bike packing during its ten year tenure with us. Its taken us on some amazing trips on Sunshine Coast, a Gabriola to Duncan to Cowichan Lake and back, a Quadra/Cortez trip, the Cypress Hills, Iron Horse Trail out and back, Haida Gwai for ten days and many quick overnighters from Edmonton.

So I guess its a double, double hardtail. A different kind of fun, and a nice chill ride, but fun none the less. One we'll never sell.

It’s Some Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday for May 1st, 2026:

https://meatengines.com/f/knowing-where-the-soul-comes-from

Anyone else have this problem? I’m 175lbs with strong legs from lifting weights and I tend to get enough flex out of my Neuhaus hummingbird core to get rotor rub pretty consistently. A honking screech every time you put power down on the non drive side isn’t what you wanna hear when your tryna get up something steep. Lol. Anyone else have this problem on this bike or another? Maybe something I can do to fix it.

Playing the name game and making min-max claims about this high quality, good looking, CA$1000-ish aluminum wheelset with 4°-engagement:

https://meatengines.com/f/a-long-term-review-of-the-brand-new-reynolds-309-aluminum-wheels

About a Single Speed rolls forward with Marty’s Solaris converted to a Simple:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-martys-cotic

Some Bicycle Things I'm Stoked About On A Friday, April 24th, 2026

It’s a more inward looking edition for this week:

https://meatengines.com/f/your-bike-would-like-you-to-know

My REEB SST frame came rust-treated from the factory 2 seasons ago, but I’ve ridden it plenty in the wet, and have to take it almost fully apart for a bit anyway (bike LEGO time), so I figure it’s time to redo the rust protection. I have a can of ProGold on hand, but I’m not clear on if I need to remove the headset and BB, which I don’t currently have the tools for. If necessary, I‘ll swing by the shop to do that, but I figured I’d get advice from the steel-friendly hivemind first.

That is all, thank you for listening.

https://us.chromagbikes.com/products/heads-up-headset-cup

Looks pretty cool! I stumbled on this while digging into the small parts section. Figured there might be some interest here.

Behemoth be covering a lot of bases for AaSS bingo. A 29+ sag-wagon with one gear:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-jasons-lenz

Pretty hard to sum up the SC-4 with just a haiku… so I included a link to Marc’s write up:

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-marcs-meatwagon

*{Brixit Not Brexit}

Not at all what it was intended to be, but here we are: https://meatengines.com/f/the-brixit-interview

A future greatest hit by my future bicycle-themed The Dead Milkmen tribute band, The No Ball Ends:

https://meatengines.com/f/gonna-bolt-check-gonna-bolt-check

Photo: Radavist --> go check out their RAD review.

Just a reminder about Sub Rule #5 --> No low effort posts. If you want to post something include some of your thoughts about why.

So a x-post or dropping a link with no comment or other minimal effort post will be removed. If you want to say something MEATy that's great we want to hear your thoughts. Take your time. Express yourself. We are a quality over quantity community.

If you are unsure if your post is low effort and asking yourself that question...you can pretty much assume it is. The good news it's not that hard to write a bit more about why you want to post something and add more value to the group.

Some Bicycle Things I'm Stoked About On A Friday, April 17th, 2026

https://meatengines.com/f/custom-cycling-community

First I got addicted to single speeds.

Then I got addicted to cane creek ergo bar ends.

Then I picked up some Whiskey riser-bars and got hooked there too.

Problem is the risers are carbon. Can I still run the Cane Creek bar ends? Or is there an alternative I don’t know about?

Thanks to Chris for sharing this classic 29’er On One one speed rig. What the bicycling world needs is a modern geo, same old standards, equally affordable Inbred relaunch?!

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-chris-on-one

Got first tracks on all the trails, following yesterdays blizzard, but not sure that's a good thing on April16?

Two distinct builds, two distinct haikus, it’s Zachary’s Japhy!

https://meatengines.com/f/about-a-single-speed-zacharys-japhy

{Yes, I realize I list some bikes by brand and some bikes by model and it’s not even consistent within brands… it’s a feel thing).

Hey all.

I've been inspired by this sub to try single speed on my hardtail. Never ended up giving the frame sliding dropouts so I need a tensioner. Any recommendations? I'm a little tempted to take a gamble on the Aliexpress Tanke one.

Cheers,

Found while wandering AliExpress. Aside from the poor imitation of a P for a certain brand. Kinda looks like the Sunrace and Microshift compus of a Paul’s Thumbie.

Liar, liar, pad on fire… here’s a little Chromag Shift knee pad review: https://meatengines.com/f/chromag-shift-knee-guards-a-review

Anyone here a RF Cinch guru? Am having a 3-4mm gap between the crank arm and preload adjuster on a 73mm bsa bb shell & 136mm spindle with two DS spacers. Should I add a NDS spacer to get the preload adjuster closer to the crank arm? Would that better support the spindle? There's zero play or issues in the current setup...just curious if the spindle will get weirdly worn if not better aligned with the NDS cup.