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Well, I hope you guys like blurry photos taken in low light conditions...!
It's arrived. I'm happy. My partner approves as you can see from the gesture.
I'm intrigued by the dropouts. I'm familiar with the small-screw-acts-like-a-chaintug idea, which is an old and good concept. But surely the frame should come with the screws?
Before shipping it, I had the shop (Charlie the Bikemonger) apply framesaver. This has given the frame and forks a pleasing aroma quite like machine oil. It's sort of reminiscent of old cars or steam engines. Lovely stuff. I'm sure it's toxic too, but hey ho.
One more thing on my mind this evening is facing (bottom bracket shell and headtube). I asked the shop to do this (for payment) and they said it wasn't necessary. This was based on their experience of setting up, selling, using, thrashing and servicing Surly frames over several years. However the opinion du jour 'on here' is that facing is essential. I'm conflicted, although I'm probably going to go with the mechanic's opinion. But if anyone else has had good/bad Surly facing experiences then do speak up.