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@number6
yea - i set up the middle as my fav. - near 63 inch - 42/18 - maybe a bit longer and use it most - hardly notice any drag - maybe none - but that might just be me. - yes low for up and long for down. but the top gear is useful even on the flat / very slight downhill. i ride a flip flop 42/ 18 & 20 on my normal fixie - had that over cat and fiddle, snake pass, woodhead pass, holme moss, long hill - which is great but on the way down, and at the end of 3/4 hour ride or so - it's murder
to spin home sometimes so it's good then too.
re: lash - there is a little - but if you accelerate or brake it's fine - just don't dawdle and 'cruise' - or do that and change gear.
see bike here:
http://www.lfgss.com/thread40688.html