Thanks Gentlemen,
I think I'll go the inline and on switch route as Kingisomer suggested is stock. I'm lucky enough to have a NAPA and Dan's Classic auto parts (
http://www.dansclassic.com) all within a 5 minute bike ride from my office in Portland -- so I've been making almost daily trips as I figure things out.
What would we newbies do without the kindness of your experience? ;-)
cheers, Doug