i'll be sticking w/ friction, at least thats the plan for now. thanks for the assurance! It is 60+cm... to be honest i don't remember, i won it a few years back on ebay and like a week later i scored a masi gran criterium off of craigslist. So it's been sitting around just being pretty for a while. the paint is pretty shoddy, but i might try to just touch it up the best i can and ride it for a while instead of a full repaint.