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@Tumbleweed
I'll never be a weight weenie or I'd have to stop drinking beer! If you see how much it costs to save a gram you'd be best off to go on a diet or spend more time training or something or, umm, spend less time on the internet cough. I like heavy bikes and the best example is an old BSA 3 speed roadster from the 50s with a top tube shifter - They are so smooth and sturdy and comfortable.
As for noise on the fixed gear, it can get a little obsessive. Brickman, you are 100% right about MTBs and those jockey wheels.. lots of noise there and a lot more of an orchestra of clatter so that nothing really stands out.
After about 50 miles that drive train on the Phil / Miche combo settled down and it's more like a gentle sewing machine noise now.