Also I should chime in that I flatted my minits lite again this weekend. Stay away from these tires. I think it is a combination of thin rubber on the tread and the stickiness of that rubber making it into a glass magnet. I booted the tire with a dollar bill and rode on, but I'll be replacing these sooner rather than later. Kojaks or Comets I think.

I'm very happy with my 56 big ring but to be honest it is still pretty easy to spin out a 56X11 with the small wheels. Given the twitch factor of the short wheelbase I'm not sure how much faster I'd want to be going on the bike anyway!