Great looking bike. Where I'm at is very flat, but I can appreciate lower gearing to get up tough hills, glad it's working out for you.

I LOVE the look of the rear triangle in black like that. Schwinn usually impresses me with their aesthetics.

vonfilm, can you tell me about your shifters? I like the idea of mounting downtube shifters on the bars like that. Are those the mounts sold by VO?