Originally Posted by norwegianRoadie

THANKS! Lots of good answers here, I appreciate the errors of my ways..
Now feel free to compliment my choice of ditching the Hutchinson Equinox sh*t tires and going to Fiammantes, and white bar tape + San Marco instead of the Celeste tape / cheap black seat that came in the box....
(to get the attention away from my mechanical defiencies..... )

BTW, for my defence: My first road bike for years bought last year : a Pista. ... . .do the maths (or lack of gears - equation)