Originally Posted by Ultraspontane

You left the stock gearing and stock knobby tires on? Of course it won't be good for the road that way. I'm running a 13t cog and 700x35's. Yes it's heavy, but like I said before weight weenies need not apply...

Originally Posted by markaitch

...occasionally i threw on a tomicog & rode it fixed...putting smaller cogs on did not help much & chainstay clearance limited how big a chainring it would take...