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Apologies for a question that's probably been asked a million million times before, but think I'm on the cusp of scratching an itch I've had for a long time and building up a fixed all road steamroller. But I've never ridden fixed before, so got no idea about gear ratios. I live in West Yorkshire, so some hills around, and some substantial hills if I want to seek them out, so not sure what I'd be looking at?
Also, will be running a front brake, and was wondering if anyone knew what the tyre clearance was like for the Tektro 559 or similar?
On that note, I may soon be after a big steamroller in a bigger size. I'm 6'3 so a 60? And may also be flogging an XL Planet X Tempest to fund the build. So feel free to slip right into my DMs.