If it's any comfort to anyone, I'm building a fixed conversion on a Nigel Dean handbuilt 531 frame, and I'm not cutting ANYTHING off. The fixed crowd would, I'm sure, want me to take off the der hangers, the cable hangers everything, but hey, stuff them. I'm thinking about making another on the cheapest servicable frame I have, to leave at Waterloo Station in London. I'm in London about twice a week on sales visits, and I ride to the station at this end. I'd love to be able to hop on a bike at the other end to get to my meetings, but it will need to be as simple as possible (little opportunity for maintenance, except with a multitool at the roadside, and need to look like crap. I'm thinking a fix on the oldest crappest 10 speed I can buy.....