Massive price drop! 56cm Surly Straggler. V.high spec adventure touring bike

FINAL MASSIVE PRICE DROP: £1600 until Friday. On Saturday it goes on eBay.

The time has come to sell my Straggler. It's hands-down the best bike I've ever owned, and has taken me on some amazing solo adventures. Unfortunately I'm unlikely to be doing any cycle touring in the foreseeable future, and it's far too much bike for riding to the local shops. I'd really like it to go to someone who will take it on the adventures it was built for.

I would like £2200 £1600 if you by it this week.

Bike is located in Suffolk, but I could either arrange to meet a buyer at Ipswich train station, or deliver the bike to Liverpool Street. Alternatively, a courier could be organised at the buyers expense.

Spec as follows:

-56cm Surly Straggler frame and fork
-Chris King headset
-Phil Wood bottom bracket (new bearings)
-Thomson stem, seatpost and seat collar
-White industries MI6 hubs
-Reynolds black label Bernard Kerr rims
-Sapim db spokes
-XTR brakes levers to XT callipers
-Ice-tech rotors 160mm r / 180mm f
-Dura Ace 7410 cranks (170mm, polished)
-Narrow/wide 42t chainring
-11 speed XT shifter/derailleur
-11-42 cassette (brand new)
-KMC chain (brand new)
-On-One OG handlebars (polished)
-Specialized Phenom saddle (143mm)
-Blackburn Outpost racks
-Gilles Berthoud mudguards
-Elwood Terrene front tyre
-Schwalbe Marathon cross rear tyre
-Also a pair of almost new WTB Byway tyres included
-allen key skewers

The frame and forks have just been re-sprayed in Sage Green, satin finish. I took the opportunity to remove the unused down tube shifter braze-on, and faired the welds using a marine epoxy fairing compound. This gives a similar look to a fillet brazed frame. I used the highest quality paints, over the existing powder coat. The result is a very high quality, tough finish.
After the re-spray, the bike was fully rebuilt with many new components, and everything is virtually as good as new. The bike has always been well looked after, but has ridden tens of thousands of kilometres, largely off-road, so there are some signs of wear, such as minor cosmetic scuffs on the derailleur and brake levers etc.
The wheels on this bike are incredible. So light and strong! The carbon rims are from Reynolds top-of-the-range Downhill wheels (RRP £2150!), and are laved to the incredibly robust White Industries hubs. There is a cosmetic chip, which was repaired on the front rim. This damage was from before I built the wheels on to these hubs, for this bike, and they have endured fully-loaded off road touring on some very rough terrain without any showing any signs of weakness. They are really bomb proof!

The racks were modified slightly to accept Caradice Super-C panniers, and show some.signs of wear, where the panniers mount. They have been repainted black, but I expect the paint will wear off (as the original powder coat did) at the points where the panniers contact them.
I fabricated custom mounting hardware for the front rack, which means it is absolutely rock solid, and in the perfect position for carrying weight on the forks.

The mudguards are mounted with custom stainless hardware, and are also fastened to the racks, which result in very firm mounting and no rattles whatsoever!

The chain and cassette are brand new, and the chainring is probably only a thousand miles old. I can't remember the brand, but it was the best I could find to fit the 7410 cranks, and coupled with the clutch-mech, I have never dropped a chain.

The grips and bar-ends are brand new too. The saddle shows a bit of wear, but I expect the new owner will probably want to fit their own preferred saddle. For the same reason, I am not including pedals.

I have ridden with various tyres combinations and prefer 650x47 for off road. Clearance on the chain stays is approx 5mm, and although not noticeable while riding, there was some evidence of paint being rubbed on the chain stays. For this reason, I have been running a 42mm tyre in the rear recently, and the mudguards are currently set up for this.
However it would be easy to reinstall the 47mm tyres (included in sale) and adjust the mudguards to suit.

Also included are a Phil Wood BB tool, 2 spare sets of brake pads, a spare set of BB bearings (I ordered 2 pairs instead of 2 bearings), a new set of tubeless valves (currently tubes are fitted, but everything is tubeless ready) and a set of clear frame protector stickers, if the new owner wants to fit them to cable rub patches.

Edit: some more info on the history of the bike in this thread:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/309762/?offset=125

I might do a full write up on the trips the bike has been on at some point. There are lots of photos!

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