18 responses before the Surly reared its head, amazing...
let me add my voice to the chorus of IGH/belt-drive haters. I have a Trek Soho that I thought would be the perfect commuter bike. but the IGH doesn't have much range for the hills, and the belt drive is fidgety and has been to the shop I don't know how many times for adjustment (or maybe they were adjusting the IGH, it's all together). I stopped riding it a long time ago.
oh, and the drum brakes sucked. at least they fixed that on the DLX model...ironic to hear they dropped it.