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Originally Posted by nostatic

You will be able to climb buildings with that gearing

HAHA! That's a good thing. My neighborhood is very hilly and it's 2.5 mi up and down a big hill between my house and the ocean. I've always kinda liked pumping up hills - is that weird or what?

Sweet ride - pretty close to my ideal of a "real world" bike. The barcons will work flawlessly, the brakes are wicked strong, and you've got wide enough gearing to go up and down steep hills. I like the green but that's totally an individual thing.

"A real world ride" was exactly what I was looking for. I'm liking the green a lot now myself. They had another near the same color as your Salsa also.

This is my version - a tad more "road" oriented with the double crank and sidepulls, but still can do dirt and haul stuff. I actually have a higher rise stem en route that I'll swap to get the bars up a bit more.

Side pulls refer to brakes. as I recall? Yeah, mine are centerpulls. Do they provide more or more even mechanical advantage?

Incidentally, all the replies I received here were appreciated and yours in particular helped me come to a decision. So far, I have absolutely no buyer's remorse. Thank y'all again.

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