Oooh NICE cantis! ANd brooks grip tape to match the saddle that's a nicely appointed bike! Me Likey!

Hair Dryer, dental floss, and a little rubbing alcohol did itfor me. Thanks for the advice! This bike is so cool.
- Yours

I'm trying to find a bike to use as a commuter this fall up at Texas A&M... I've found the One-Way online, and am now itching to go find one in a shop I can look at, and then buy

Well, that and I can't have people thinking I'm on a conversion.

If using a flip/flop hub, with track ends you can have a larger difference between the cogs without having to mess with your chain.

There are some older versions of horizontal dropouts that allow one hell of a lot of adjustment. They also allow you to change the position of the axle without messing up the relationship between the rim and the brake pad (because if you want wide tires and a variety of gears, you really ought to have two brakes)

In defense of Surly, if you want an uber simple fixed gear, but maybe want to run slightly wider tires than a Kilo TT then a Steamroller is a good choice. If you want a real off road fixed machine, then buy a Cross Check. While the lack of a rear brake cable hanger is slightly irksome, the Surly branded hanger makes it a complete non issue, it works better than most of the brazed on versions I've seen. For what it's worth, my 1985 trek touring bike came without a brazed on cable hanger. If clamp on was good enough for a great classic touring bike, surly can manage.

the 2009 DOES have horizontal dropouts

why all the resurrections tonight?

I've never once had a problem taking off my rear wheel when my fenders are on with the track ends. I just adjusted the fenders to be a little higher off the tire. Also, even better is swapping the tires out for street slicks and not having those sluggish Randenneur Cross tires that are on there.