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@Skülly
It has to be said, rear facing ends and mudguard eyes are always going to be a bodge. For that reason, old style forward facing dropouts, with no gear hanger, are pretty much the best idea for a bike such as you describe. So much so, that I reckon chopping the hanger off a half-decent 80s-90s steel roadbike is maybe the best plan. Puppies or no. Or just leave the bloody hanger.
Didn't Condor do a proper single/fixed winter bike a while back, with horizintal dropouts and no hanger? Pretty sure it had two bottle mounts. I can never remember the names of their frames.