Ditto on everything Road Fan has said.

Jim had me build the freewheel with as low a gear as I could find for him (he originally was hoping I had a 34 tooth cog).

Many of us suffer from this same plight: We want to ride a spirited vintage race bike, but the challenge of the hills, our age, careers which don't demand much physically, etc., makes it impossible to keep the race bike equipped with a 52-42 double and a 14-21 freewheel. The truth is hard to bear. I know I can't. Just look at how I've geared my Paramounts.

At least we are still riding, and riding vintage bikes which have not been hacked, drewed, and fixified!