I saw these bikes at a bike shop in Bayonne the other week. Seemed nice, not too heavy. They guy wanted low $300 for it.
How you liking it so far? What part of NNJ are you from? Im in Ridgewood. Used to have a Kilo TT, but ended up selling it, well due to me needing rend money at the time, and also because like you said, these NNJ hills are killer. I just wasnt having as much fun on it. I would take to the bike path by my, rusn 12 miles back n forth, and that was fun. but out on the roads with thehills, i could do them, just wasnt as much fun. So now i'm currently building a geared bike.

Get a new (big) cog and chain. Look for a gear inch calculator and compare ratios to what you would normally run on a geared bike.

If you're planning on skidding with this bike, look at how many skid spots you'll have with a new cog/chainring setup. The calculation is pretty simple. Make a fraction with the teeth on the chainring on top and the teeth on the cog on the bottom (55/16 in your case) and reduce the fraction as far as possible. The bottom number of the new fraction is how many spots on your tire will get worn from skidding (the more the better). 55/16 is irreducible so you would have 16 skid spots. If you were to get a 48 tooth chainring, 48/16=3/1 so you would only wear out one spot on your tire. The most foolproof way to go is to get a 17 or 19 tooth cog in the back since they're prime numbers
edit: blast from the past

This thread was posted in 09, boys.

What happened to Sunny anyway, haven't seen him on for a bit.

If you are running low on cash, head back to the shop you bought the bike from and ask them if they can put on (at least) a 19t cog. Or if you can spare a little extra change a 46t chainring. Neither option should cost a bunch of money (cheapest probably being the 19t cog) and it'll make it easier for you to ride around your area. The 55/19 combo will get you around 76GI which you will really notice compared to what you are riding right now.

If you would like more information about "GI" or "Gear Inches" check out the stickies area in SSFG forum HERE. There is some really good info that is pretty easy to understand. Basicly, a low GI number makes it easier to accelorate but takes away top speed. A higher GI number gives you more top speed but makes acceleration harder. Finding the perfect GI's for your type of riding is what most of us FG guys are always on the hunt for.

Hope this helps,

.Chris


EDIT: Got pwned by dates. Thanks for pointing that out Squirrelli!

Haha, I was wondering why sunny had only "recently" gotten a fixed gear.

Hahaha me too... I was so confused... I thought it was a joke at first...