Surly Bike Owners

Why not fit bar end?

Yeah, that's an option.

Couple of years ago I was commuting on a charge plug with bullhorns and cross tops and quite liked it as I was probably over 50% of the time using that part of the bars.

Two other option, Velo Orange;

Hunter;

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/handlebars/580-humpert-ahs-basic-sport-handlebars-cw-sport-barends-254mm-clamp-black/

And Soma;

http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/eagle-bar

Those Cinelli are quite narrow.

Those soma look good.

Edit: meant the Hunters. But possibly a bit too wide.

Not looking for very wide, sub 500mm definitely.

My stolen>recovered>rebuilt Straggler before an offroad trip to Brighton last weekend.

I can't believe I've had this for so long, it's just as shit/great as the first day it arrived!

I need to respray it again, but which colour?

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Spray in a fuck-off fluo colour, cause that the colour you feel when riding that bike.

Anyone got a 42cm LHT in London?
A colleague of mine is after one but wants to try one out for size first before they buy, and BC don't have the size.
Will pay in forum-approved beer for your troubles.

Has anyone built their steamroller as an on-trend graveltron?
At the moment mine is running risers and Wald for shopping duties but suspect it’d be more awesome with some short/shallow drops.
Do 26.0 gravel drops exist?
Should I change my BonJon’s for something a touch nobblier?
Should I just try and trade it in for a straggler?

I've got a 46cm straggler, not sure if that helps.

Here it is from yesterday...

(yes, messy dynamo cables :( )

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https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14228704/ : @mostly_by_bike

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhyGsqBBVTC/?hl=en&taken-by=stu_86

Have a browse around this guys instagram

@edmundro I was about to say, a couple of pals of mine rode grinduro on steamrollers. But @alialias beat me to it by posting the Instagram link.

They can be a lot of fun off road apparently. Gravelking SK (700*35 I think) will fit on a narrower rim.

Cheers for the replies y’all. I love my 41c sk on my lht but no chance they’d fit on the ‘roller so will keep an eye out for some bargain 35c.
I only have a little over a fistful of seatpost out (56 frame/5’10) so will be on the hunt for some suitably short reach drops. I haven’t had drops for years even on tourer so not sure where to start!
If anyone has some bargain drops and/or sram levers then let me know!

Current build(sorta - saddle up a touch and swept bars swapped for straight risers):

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I run Continental CX Speed on mine 35c I was going to get the steel bead as already have a well used pair of Conti CX Race (knobby) but CRC did have the folders at retail for the non-folders, £20 each so went with them, something like 350g a tyre (would have to check weights)
Thrashed the crap out of them around Epping forest with no issues other than wheel spin in deep mud :)

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Bit dirty :0

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That looks loads of fun!

Steamrollers are @AlexD :)

Mine goes from racked up commuter with mudguards to a gravel road singletrack slayer, now doing time in a stripped down Time Trial Biek :)

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Engage with chaos here in my little dark corner of the forum....... steel is real baby, steel is real
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/304842/

The Time Trial conversion is in the TT thread here > https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/142537/?offset=17900

Thanks but they've already tried a 46 and it's too big. Cheers anyway.

I've got some deda piega with a sanded clamp section and a deda logo stem I want rid of. I think it's 100mm. Bars are 26mm clamp. I'm Manchester based but can post?

cheapest place to buy 52cm 650b straggler frameset?

Triton cycles, or at least it was when I purchased mine.

not in stock :(

sell me yours?

What's this bike going to be for then?

Edit: 700c for £450 here

Ha it’s to small for you!

Charlie the bikemonger has some...but not clear if they are 650b or not.

Edit: but I was also under the impression that after size 50 or so you can go between 700/650b, at 46cm mine is 650b specific.