BremenCole,
Hey, congratulations on you fixed. Be prepared for subtle changes in your attitude. Changes like realizing you don't "need" gears, that complication sucks, that performing bicycle maintenance indeed should be the exception not the rule and that you never want to ride a deraileured bike again. Once that settles in all the reasons in the world you thought you needed that 5k Eddy Mercx evaporate and all that is left is the love of making circles.