On One Pompino owners...

So overall would you recommend it?
Was/is it worth it over just having a flip flop?
Anything you'd do differently?

On the bars you could always try wrapping a cut inner tube around first. I did this on a set with fizik over the top and it gave a nice extra bi of cusssoning without being too chunky.

The Dingle has definitely been worth it so far - A way of getting two gears on the bike and finding out what works for me in terms of ratios. Cost-wise, I think it's on par (or possibly cheaper than) two good quality sprockets and two lockrings.

Not sure I've got it totally dialled yet (there are times when 44x17 is just a bit too spinny on the street, especially down long hills) but it's a decent starting point.

At this point it doesn't offer any specific advantage over a Flip-Flop Double Fixed setup, simply because one side of my rear hub sits unused.

However, I do plan to do the following:

• Even up the Tooth Difference between Chainrings (currently 39/44 = 5T) and sprockets (17/21 = 4T) by fitting a 40T inner ring up front. This will ensure a more consistent wheel position in the track end, which will enable me to...
  
• Fit a rear v-brake, and a Freewheel cog to the other side of the rear wheel, probably around the 20T mark. This would be used for dirt/cross-type riding. Riding Fixed on dirt is fun up to a point, but I think SS would feel more natural and allow me to properly enjoy fast descents.
  
  

Re : Inner tubes as bar padding. I thought of them at the time, but the only ones I had laying around were ultra-thin lightweight road tubes.
Might buy a beefy MTB/Touring tube or two and cut that up for the next wrap.