Another LHT tip: strip all the crappy surly logos and headbadge off of it. The headbadge is probably already not adhered very well, and the logos are truly crappy.

Benefit? People will say:

"Uh, cool bike. What is that.....is that a Surly?"

That's the best compliment I can get . No one knows what the hell it is -- out of sight, out of mind.