One speed

Couldn't stand the wait for my new mountain bike (the Yeti 575 I've been drooling about since a couple of months - ordered trhough REI who apparently have been screwing around with the order for a while), so I decided to check out Ebay for a singlespeed; something I've been considering for a while: very affordable and cool, but also quite demanding to ride. And so I got a beautiful new Giant XTC Single frame, equipped with a nice set of components (see pic) - tried it out first on Arastradero, and the past weekend on Skegg's. As could be expected, though extremely light, it's brutal on the climbs, the gear combination is 32/16, I think it's just a little too much - 32/17 would probably be ideal. The steep stuff is excruciating, but on the rolling singletrack the bike simply flies... I still have to set up things (such as the disk brake) properly, but I already know I'm going to seriously like it.