Originally Posted by reppans

I hear ya... around your relatively flat area, those sound like good ratios, and I too would prefer something around 60-65" as my favorite flat ground/windless crusing pace... 71 is a little too heavy and 56 a bit too light for me on the -12%. How about just buying a 2nd rear wheel with 16/12 cog to swap in/out? Then you lose the dead weight of the IGH, except a few oz in the extra shifter/cable (unless you want to permanently delete that). Might be a neat option, with easy swapping in case of travel/vacation to hill country, and not a whole lot of money.