lxpatterson

I have recently seen an SRAM internal hub on sale for cheap and I was wondering whether anyone has any experience using these hubs. I was thinking about putting together a commuter around that hub. Ideally it would be based on a 'cross or touring frame. In fact, I think it would be fun to race cross with an internal hub bike, since there are less traps for mud. I was wondering what i would need in terms of frame? Would it be ok to use dropouts (horiz or semi-horiz), since sheldon brown indicated it is not always necessary for track drops.

Also what is the feedback like? is it worth the trouble to set up? What is the weight penalty like?