So, I'll pick up my new LHT soon (on order) and the first thing I'll do is throw front and rear fenders and a rear rack on. And maybe also the little metal QR hitch for the Burley trailer to tow the kids. All that stuff except the QR hitch will be screwed into the braze-ons and will sit up against painted frame. Anybody both putting anything between there? Felt? Nothing? The QR hitch-mount will touch the dropout in an even wider way. Has anyone here used one of these mounts on the LHT? It's not the one that clamps around seat and chainstays - it's the one you put your quick-release through and it sits flush against your left rear dropout.

Can you tell I just bought my first steel bike and I'm fretting over every little way it might encounter rust? <sigh>