Are you not tempted to rub the worst of it down and patch it in? The best way to prevent the spread of rust is to take the item back to bare metal and re-coat it.
I recently swapped the dropouts on an old cheap steel frame to track fork ends, and due to my lack of any brazing experience was told to use silver.
Are there any benefits of using brass? Does it adhere better or have better fatigue resistance?
I think you are just used to having the momentum of the rear wheel carry your pedals past the dead-spot. A few more miles on the geared bike and it will feel normal again!
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Do you even live in Northern Ireland anymore? ;)