The Legend: Joe Murray.

"What do you make of the singlespeed and 29er scenes?

Single speeds are such a pure form of mountain biking. It’s more about the ride than gears, full suspension and so on. I think if I could choose just one bike it would be my [VooDoo] titanium single speed. I know it’s not a big thing in the UK, but the 29er thing keeps expanding for us. I’ve been riding both a full suspension and single speed titanium 29er and I really like the ride. It’s hard to explain why, I say just ride one and decide for yourself. Most of the people that I hear saying they are only for large riders, or that they are too slow steering and so on, have simply not ridden one enough. My wife is 5’5” and loves hers."

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/interview-mtb-legend-joe-murray--13984/