Hey Frankie nice to see another Vermonter on here! I almost started a Montpelier Alleycat Thread as a joke, but then I figured no one would get it
I'm running 42x16 on 27" wheels. The gears seem to be pretty good for Montpelier's hills. there are a couple I can't get up, but I go around those. After a few months on the fixed I might not have to.
I'm definitely starting to lean towards putting TT levers on the ends, but then just to throw another monkey wrench into the works, I saw Soma's Major Taylor bars. DAMN those things are SO SEXY. Now I'm starting to think I can use my old 1" stem, and a set of Cro-mo track bars might be dandy. OK, they probably won't give me the same leverage, but at least they won't move around...
I dunno, they're probably not the most practical bars for these parts, but thay are so sexy I can probably talk myself into believing the are