Surly Bike Owners

+1. So many scars.

First surly to ever exist with 0 spacers.

Few things to tweak still, they will be trimmed down soon enough

Oooooooof those mudguard stays are deadly!

I still have a mark on my knee from scraping one of those pointy tips like two months ago.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLFz1sqAhA3/

Best front rack for a troll? I already bought a tubus tara but it is too narrow.

Tubus Duo maybe? (I say maybe, I've seen pictures of them on Trolls but never looked at how well they actually fit...)

Yeah i think in that rack too and omm sherpa.

Had some proper single track fun the other day with the 2.0 tyres fitted. in the real world they don't really fit, I lost some chain stay paint.

I wonder if a framebuilder could crimp/widen the stays some more for a few MM more clearance?

Kebab?

Yeah the instagram picture above is great if you live somewhere where it never rains!

it's always sunny on Instagram

It's always filtery on instagram :-)

Conti RaceKing isn't the sort of tyre you use on mud.

Just been trying to put some sks bluemels on my wife's straggler.
Rear stays fit fine, just need a little trim so they're snug around the 32mm tyres.

Disc brake caliper totally gets in the way of the front stay though. Is the forum-approved work around to take the stay from the mid-fork mount and just do a bit of bending and chopping, or am I missing something obvious?

I'm sure some one can explain it better than me, but there's a way around it

Cheers - I'd actually just seen that top pic, browsing for fixes. I think the second option seems a little precarious, so I'll get my pliers out and have a bash at bending around the caliper. Hopefully I won't cock it up!

If you have a Vice of some sort, mark where you need to bend them and use that, instead of wrestling with pliers

I've fitted fenders both ways - the second option isn't as bad as it looks. You'll probably need big pliers if you go that route (or a vice as suggested ^...)

Proud new Pacer owner. Quick question while we are on mudguards. Do you reckon I'll get 42mm Bluemels in there on 28mm Grand Bois tyres? My 35mm Chromoplastics are a tight squeeze. Any ideas?

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Very nice, just out of interest, how tall are you and what size frame did you go for?

183cm and 56cm. 1st ride this morning and it seems just right.

Ah good, I'm about 177 and I've gone for a 54. Not that it will ever actually turn up mind you...!

my 35mm bluuemals fit on there perfect with 28's

Cheers, Perhaps I'll try the narrower bluemels. Read online they have a smidge more clearance than the Chromoplastics due to shape. I think the tyres are actually closer to 30mm despite being labelled 28s. I'll measure them later.

I've got a 'Rust' coloured Cambium on my black straggler. Looking for some bar tape to match. From all I hear the brooks tape is absolute tat. Anyone got any suggestions / used anything themselves?

Just go for black?