A little more on my Peter Mooney while this thread is active. It is now set for Cycle Oregon this September, running a "triple chainline"; three 1/8" chainlines, a "dingle" (doubled up fix gear cogs that screw on as one) on one side, a small down hill single cog n the other. Works really well! Rides like a serious fix gear in all three combinations. (For now, 46 x 13, 44 x 17 and 38 x 21. The 17 and 21 are dingled. I also have single cogs from 12 to 24 and 42 and 36 tooth chainrings so I can go from 133.5" to 40.5", all fixed! The 40.5" will get used on the gravel climbs.

Took the bike out for 50 miles Friday with a 300 foot "bump" near the turnaround that I did both ways. One side has well over 10%, the other a long fast, fun descent. Everything worked really well (and was so much fun I got home hammered!) Bike rides like this was its goal from conception. My first fix gear ride was after I had put 35c Paselas on to see if they indeed would work. (It's tough on the paint wedging the wheel with those tires into the chainstays so I can muscle the axle past the bottom of the dropout, but it works. Paint also suffers from the Pedro's Trixie wrench hitting the guide to the rear derailleur cable. Oh well. It's a 33 yo paint job. This is its last summer.

And back to the thread topic: This bike has led a life that would not be doable on any production frame I have ever seen barring my unusual Miyata and this bike fits and feels far better.

Ben