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Interesting bit from urbanvelo on that Surly Cargo bike.
One of our readers, Dave Vetrano, wrote in to let us know about his custom SurlyTruck he put together from a friend’s wrecked Steamroller frame and a bunch of extra parts he had around the shop. With the platform low to the ground and rigidly attached to the frame the bike should handle large loads of cargo well, far better than with a full sized front wheel forcing the center of gravity skyward.
He [friend who stacked it] buckled the fork and put a subtle curve into the top and down tubes, then he gave it to me! I had a bunch of track parts lying around and wanted a cycletruck. I do metal fab for a living and had never built a bike before so after picking the brains of damn near every bike builder in Northern California I got to brazing. I lengthened the steerer on a Volume BMX fork and put a new front end on the Steamroller, except for the top tube. That used to be the downtube, which explains the curve thru where it says Surly. I’ve got it built up with a SRAM P5 internal hub right now and it’s been serving me just fine. I kept the stock Steamroller geometry and it handles just like a steamroller with a 20″ front, which it sorta is.