I hate to even admit this but I'm contemplating putting gears on my pinarello. I LOVE riding the bike, it's so low and so fast and so sexy. I get on and I just want to make it go as fast as it can, it's like an addiction. I'm even thinking that at some point I'd like to enter a few duatholons or a TT or two on it. I want to go fast the bike wants to go fast..... but those stupid dropouts. I can fit 52/16 or any 4 tooth up or down combination on there and it works great, the problem is that this doesn't leave me as many options for gearing as I'd like, espically if I'm going to race it. So that would mean that I would have to put track ends on the bike, I'm not opposed to this idea, but the cost of track ends, repaint, a new wheel/hub (one that's actually 130) and an assortment of cogs starts to look expensive. Especially agianst the cost of a mid/low level rear wheel/casette/rear derailer. I'd certainly run it 1/9, who needs more gears than that, really now. But I'm torn, I gave up this whole geared thing because they drove me crazy and I didn't like to screw with them. I found peace and harmony and happiness in my fixes/SS world. If I find out that gears really do suck I'm not out that much money and I guess I can still run the bike as a fixie as it sits when I want to. Ah crap.