Minimal design single speed bike
Meet your new therapist: the Schindelhauer Siegfried Road
Apr. 30, 2020 - Willem L. Middelkoop
For the past few months I have been riding a special kind of bike, the minimalistic Siegfried Road from Schindelhauer. It is unlike most road bikes as it lacks a conventional chain and derailleur. It features the Gates CDX carbon drive. It's an exercise in minimal design. After riding it for nearly 1000KM, it's time to tell you all about it.
Continue reading![The seatpost clamp is integrated in the minimal AL6061-T6 aluminium, triple butted aero tubing frame](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_13_The-seatpost-clamp-is-integrated-in-the-minimal-AL6061-T6-aluminium-triple-butted-aero-tubing-frame_500px.jpg)
![Removing the Alfine, Hollowtech II crank](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_05_Removing-the-Alfine-Hollowtech-II-crank_500px.jpg)
![The Schwalbe Durano Plus tire is the most puncture resistant road bike tire available](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_20_The-Schwalbe-Durano-Plus-tire-is-the-most-puncture-resistant-road-bike-tire-available_500px.jpg)
![If you've got the shoes to match, brown bar tape looks magnificent](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_03_If-you-ve-got-the-shoes-to-match-brown-bar-tape-looks-magnificent_500px.jpg)
![The rear wheel is fixed using a 'crocodile' belt tensioning system](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_14_The-rear-wheel-is-fixed-using-a-crocodile-belt-tensioning-system_500px.jpg)
![Siegfried Road as I got it from the bike shop - with a brown Brooks Swift saddle and matching Continental tires](/blog/2020-04-30_minimalistic-road-bike-with-gates-carbon-drive/images/i_02_Siegfried-Road-as-I-got-it-from-the-bike-shop-with-a-brown-Brooks-Swift-saddle-and-matching-Continen_500px.jpg)