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i have an EBB it's a piece of piss to use and gives no bother at all. but make sure you get a phil wood one as the other bushnell units are a pain in the arse with all the moving parts inside that need covering in copperslip to stop creaking.
if you are that picky about position changes all you would need to do is move the saddle and seatpost back/forward and up/down to compensate when tensioning the chain, but once set you are hardly likely to move it far and probably the same distance as a change in the thickness of your shorts or the sole of a shoe.
i have seen some of the phill ebb's installed with the bolts pointing upwards which is easier to get to. independent fabrication use phil EBB's maybe ask them if they recommend them for fixed use.
the EBB shell on my mtb was made by independent fabrication as this was the only place at the time to get a shell made for a phil EBB. the frame is a protoype that a mate was having built (in taiwan) for me to test. it's the only I.F. bike part i'm likely to own :-)