Breaking Singlespeeds at Goat Hill with Charlie Beal

February 2022
Uxbridge, MA
I met up with full time singlespeeder Charlie Beal at Goat Hill to do a little exploration.
It went well till the wheels came off, literally, dyude.
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[@TommyPMTB]

It was fun riding with and talking to Charlie Beal. Know any other singlespeed legends I should ride with/talk to? Let me know!

[@fmaguire]

Charlie's a great human person. I am SOOO glad your frame didn't break -- held my breath for a second when you were shaking the back wheel. Now I really want to go SSing!

[@MMcG25]

Charlie is a super nice guy, and an amazing rider. Just a good dude all around in my opinion.

[@MTBMA]

LOVE Goat Hill, might be top of our list for close-to-home trails. Our go to loop is PK&C > Reload > Greenway > Bone Spur > Green Way > Reload > Wind Up > Billy Goat > Down and Out. And then an extra lap back up for Down and Out if the legs are up for it!

[@christinemakris764]

Love watching you ride, baby!

[@millerman692]

Great Thom! Thanks for posting and showing the messed thru axle; no guarantee of no problems on ss.

[@GeoffWilliams]

at least I'm not the only gorilla riding a SSMTB that has broken a T-A

[@2omega9]

Agreed with everything Charlie said!

[@imantssvarcs91]

As Charlie said about singlespeeding - easy/fast to clean and ready to go. Also the thinking part is spot on. Love it.

[@timmyshields8912]

Good stuff!

[@whip113]

I love it when you do ride videos at spots I'm familiar with!

[@webikebikeyou]

Legends!

[@myette10]

That craggy thing from 8:06 isn't used much. At one time that was the only trail in there other than the tow path.

[@brentmagerowski7886]

I absolutely love this place if you ride it right the climbs aren’t so bad and the flow down is rewarding I ran into a guy riding up round up on a unicycle with an aggressive tire

[@reyguarinnjbchannel5850]

Awesome goat trail

[@mc540flip]

Rad. There are plenty of great blue trails in Sedona. I have yet to ride SS, but have ridden hardtail once or twice. I’m curious which trail/trails he rode in Flagstaff.

[@voodoodjab]

Hi, I have a question to Charli Beal. Use an eccentric bottom bracket?

[@laeljon]

I have three Rohloff bikes, heavy, yes, but no derailleur....I like tech, steep climbs...yesterday, 3100ft in the first 11 miles...

[@jasonwojciechowicz567]

Tom, Im curious what length cranks you guys are running?

[@TommyPMTB]

I'm running 175s right now but usually run 170s. Not sure what Charlie is running but I think they're on the shorter side.

[@WildMeff]

If Charlie Moore is The Mad Fisherman, is Charlie Beal The Mad Singlespeeder?