moog's Surly Straggler

Nice moog! it's looking good. my Paselas have been completely puncture free so far and that includes riding from london to bristol on tow paths and my 30 mile a day commute. Can't recommend them enough!

the less pressure it have, the less likely it'll get puncture

Huh?

A higher pressure tyres give you a much smaller contact point, so all (hypothetically) 100kg of you and the bicycle are in this tiny contact point that does not provide much "give" at 100psi.

The main reason why people ride at this pressure, is because it feel faster.

This mean that when you run over a debris, it have a much higher chance of getting embedded.

A lower pressure tyres provided not only provide a wider contact point for all 100kg of you, but it have a lots more give to prevent the debris from getting embedded in the first place, providing that you drop the pressure accordingly.

Think of how jarring it is to hit a pothole with 23mm and 120psi, compare to a bigger tyres with a lower pressure.

I do NOT weigh 100kg, how dare you!

Combine weight of you + bicycle.

are you suggesting I ride one of these?

hypothetically, it's hypothetically you plampf.

So should the 3 laps challenge also mention PSI now?

Finally got round to taking some photos. Bar/lever angle is still being tweaked, since taking the photos I've made the bars more horizontal and brought the levers up a little.

Had another puncture and am now on the search for 700x32 Panaracer Paselas (folding). I'm hoping that checking the tyres weekly and picking any stones/glass out of them will help ward off the flats. I've been dropping a bit of super glue in the holes after removing debris, is there a better way of patching up the nicks and holes in the rubber?

Awesome! Great build, man.

wow!

That is wicked.

Had another puncture and am now on the search for 700x32 Panaracer Paselas

What are those tires you're running at the moment? Grand Bois?

Yes, 30mm Grand Bois

How are you liking the cowbells - I keep thinking about getting a set.

really like the panniers

So far they are great, I thought they were going to be more flared as I seem to remember the Straggler in Kinoko having much more angled levers.

The reach and drop is much shallower than my old bars, my neck/back is thankful.

another puncture this morning, time to order some Paselas...

I agree

so nice, very jealous!

Thought I'd try fitting the 41mm knards as an interim solution until I order new road tyres.

I was pleasantly surprised that they fitted with only minor mud guard fettling.(albeit very snugly on the rear).

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Damn you Moog, need one of these now... Top class.

how do you find the bike handles with just the front bags? Have you ridden it whilst carrying a load up front?

I got my paselas from SJS.

I love the build (unsurprisingly). looks really good, the panniers look awesome.
are you loving the retroshift?

and can you put some more pictures up with the knards on? I think i'm going to like the look of that!