nashcommguy

Thanks for the kudos. Ran an experiment to see what gearing I may be able to get away with given my age and conditioning and found that a little higher on the chainring-45 or 46t and a lower freewheel, maybe 17t combined w/165mm cranks may give me the leverage needed on the steeper hills. Pulled my entire 20 mile commute home tonight w/48x16 w/172.5 cranks. It wasn't easy and I felt like gearing down a few times but I perservered and have a new confidence. Thanks for all your posts and my wife and I are going to take some pics this Sunday of the frame/fork/wheels, etc. so there's some semblance of an idea as to what the final will look like. BTW, I'm going to build a fixie, too, asa I get used to this one. Old Nishiki w/t same sandblast/pc deal only in siver metalflake instead of black. No chrome tips, though.