Well, called up the LBS nearest me and they have some 17t freewheels in stock so i'm going to go give them some MORE business.

striknein,
I have a wheelset in mind already which will have the flip flop hub, free/fixed hub set up.
I'm not looking to go fixed yet, just SS. And from what i had been gathering (reason for this thread) the cog/freewheel you use is side specific. i.e. 17t cog would go on the FG side of the hub and a 17t freewheel would go on the SS side of the hub.
Correct? or am I wrong here and you can use the cog on either side of the wheel? FG or SS?

I understand gearing now after reading, and various other little things. Just not quite grasping this...yet.