http://www.vandesselsports.com/crb.html-i got this bike in the fall and plan on riding it all winter for training,everyone else i ride with are on 20+ speeds, they pull me on the hills, but on the flats, i can hang pretty good, i can tell im getting alot more training in then they are,especially on the hills, some of them it's everything i can do to turn the crank, 16/39 which i think is a perfect set up,i put some yellow fenders on it and it looks sweet!even tho it kick's my butt!Thats what winter riding is for!So come April we'll see if it did any good,Its hard to justify spending some big bucks for a SS,it's kind of like a step back wards,you know what i mean? but i think you just got to go beyond that and work it! Im pleased with it!