The nice thing about Surly bikes is there versatility. You can build up a LHT as "fancy" or "bare bones" as you want.

A LBS can have some real fun picking parts for a LHT build. I agree with Woodlark here. If your confident in your LBS, I would ask them to build it up for you with your help of course.

When I had mine build I told my LBS what I wanted to do with it (commute mostly) and what my price point was ($1000). I ended up with all Tigra drive train and STI shifters, Salsa Delgado rims, Tektro brakes with a nifty Travel Agent adapter. I love this bike!