i don't hit the ground (i ride SS). It's ok, I will one day flip flop over to fixed when I am brave, I might go up from 42x16 to 46x16 front chainring as I want more top end speed, I can handle all the hills around me fine at the moment.

I saw people talking about the silver messenger Sugino chainrings (when searching info on chainrings) and how they can't find them in the US. i was in a store here in tokyo today (y's international Akasaka) and they had blue, silver and black in stock.

if somebody really wanted some, i could get it and send to you.