Originally Posted by
phx1973
You know it really is. My objective was a long wheelbase bike with horizontal dropouts for fixed gear, room for big tires and fenders, regular road bars with room for lights, sensible brakes, etc... nothing else out there even came close in a complete bike package - and this bike was really inexpensive... $500 for the complete bike. Kona had one but with track ends, Surly LHT had the geometry, but with vertical dropouts. Still don't see anything similar short of a custom ... I didn't even like Rivendell's SS frame.
Oh well, it was a niche market and I was lucky to be in the market when it was available.