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What I found worked to find the gear inch that I wasnted to use, or what was comfortable for me was to ride my regular ride in one gear only, that I didn't have to change out of. Came up with 52x18, after a couple weeks of that I switched to 52x16. I built a couple more with a 53t engagement ring. I've played around with a lot of different gearings. Currently I am running 48x17 with Nokian 700x35 studded tires, it really feels like I'm riding through oatmeal.
For some other ideas try Sheldon Browns site.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/articles.html
There's a bunch of stuff there to read up on. Do a dogpile search on fixed gears for FG sights.
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