Originally Posted by
seau grateau
They've been basically the same on the Steamroller for as long as I can remember. That lip that goes around the outside is what irks me. My Felt has something similar and it's just pointless extra metal that makes it a pain to wrench the axle nuts.
When you griped about 'Roller trackends, & then Philasteve wondered about it - I thought for sure you meant that weird looking fender eyelet they stuck on the ass-end of its trackends an few years ago, even though in the past on their blog, they'd sometimes published and made fun of requests that they put on eyelets on Steamrollers.
Personally, I like the hoods around Steamrollers' trackends. They're a recognizable "trademark"...that goes back to the Sub.11 "forkends" on their original bike, the late lamented 1x1, from before Surly was Surly...