I don't want a cheaper twitchier framer I'm paying more for.. no matter what the KHS will be the cheapest bike, at least a hundred below the surly, maybe more.

Whether or not the KHS is made for the road is questionable, but the capo is, possibly as much as the surly, it's not as steep as the track frames they used to make that it's modelled off and it rocks two brakes. The question really is how much better is the capo frame than the flite? comparing trackish apples to track apples.