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And australia.

Felt is definitely one of the coolest OEM SS bike out there. They should have made a disc version though.

Why the long steerer?!

I ride fixed CX mostly because its super fun. Its also an excellent conversation icebreaker at races and training.
Other than that its super easy and cheap to maintain and it's easy to change gearing. Singlespeed can in some cases be more expensive and bit more of a hassle.

If you want to be fast on a fgcx machine you'll need to be able to dismount in any pedalposition. When coming up to a barrier you'll need to wait a long as possible to unclip the first foot. When you do all your weight will be on the second foot.
When it is, the momentum of the wheel and bike will keep the pedals spinning and since you have your weight on the second foot only, it will bob you up and down.
You should then try and help the momentum but if you've timed it correctly you will only do this for ½-1½ pedalstrokes before you unclip completely.
I have become ok at this and it wount slow me down when comparing me to freewheeled riders up to about 110-120 rpm. From then on the pedals will spin so fast that I have to slow down a bit even though I'd probably be able to run that fast.
This motion will look ridicoulus in the eyes of everyone else but they will be kicking themselves when they find out they can't keep up.
One disadvantage with this is that you can't feed your first foot/leg through the hole between the bike and your second leg like you would on a freewheeled machine to keep that running motion. In turn that slowes you down a teenie bit.
Clipping in is a challenge too at first but once you get the hang of it it'll be just as quick. The impotant thing is, once you have "found" one pedal the other will naturally be in the opposite location.

Other disadvantages would be when carrying the bike. Since the pedals have a lot of momentum that can be a rather painful affair. If the course has long running sections you are gonna be in a bit of a pickle. As you probably will have to run with the bike next to you.

Bunnyhopping is a challenge too. I suck at this but I can now manage a ~15cm (½foot) jump at any wheelspeed. You REALLY rely on your body motion when doing this.

Other than the advantage of having less stuff to catch mud as kerley mentioned, I personally think you have a slighty better feeling of what the rearwheel is doing. Especially when braking in super slick and muddy conditions.

When going fixed you'll be wishing for a super sticky mudfest on a fairly flat and evenly speeded course. That type of race where gearhangers break and shifters clog up. As the race goes on your drivetrain will be pretty much as good as when you started whereas your opponents will suffer from malfuntiones and endning up in the wrong gear because of mud.

But like you said, "for the deranged".

Just a little bit of a multispeed.

I'm glad you put up a fight like that. I really hope you do get a visit from that postal-dude wanting to pick up a frame so you can get your money back.
Companys acting like that is discusting. In my oppinion you acted correctly the whole way through although I personally probably would have picked up the phone and contacted them alot more. Emails are easy to respond to (or not to respond to) whereas oral confrontation is tricky.

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Why are none of the now many contenders for hydraulic dropbar levers making SS versions? Wouldn't it be a good testing base for production and long term use?

Maybe its just because i really really really want a pair I'm thinking like that.

That Dolan have a longer CX fork.

Mine came with sloping TT, but yes the fork is obvoiusly longer than the original.

Looks like a crossing too far

Looks more like 2-3 spokes holes too far. Holy crap, thats one way of dealing with too long spokes.

7 out of about 40 riders broke their gearhanger yesterday and I wasn't one of them. Fixed FTW :) Cheep as hell to maintain.