Originally Posted by
jettore
For that distance I'd build it single speed. Maybe even skip the brakes and throw a coaster brake on. No cables to worry about the weather beating up. Maybe even do a cool coaster brake cruiser build. For that short of a distance speed does not matter, might be cool to have something different.
One steep hill on the single speed = training!
Thought about a single speed and just may go that route but good brakes are a must have. On that down hill I routinely nudge 50 MPH on my road bike when all tucked in and it is heavily wooded right to pavements edge with lots of very stupid deer looping across the road every so often.