Dance the skies on laughter-silvered wings; the (other) Surly thread

Surly make good bikes. It needs to be celebrated. No need to have a Steamroller here, post your geared stuff, your Dummies, your Truckers, your Trolls.
Tell us what you've broken, what you've bodged, where you've been, and where you're going.
Tell us why this Taiwanese built, mass produced, replaceable thing can be as good as it is.

Two links, so they don't need repeating;

Object- http://www.lfgss.com/post1141869-105.html

Nhatt- http://www.lfgss.com/post1039534-17.html

No rules here. But weight is mentioned in units no smaller than kilograms, or pounds if you are old enough.

Load 'em up in co-ordinated randoscoble.

by Travis!1, on Flickr

Or strip them down;

by nukpuk, on Flickr

i fucking love my steamroller. and i actually love surly as a brand which is funny because i wouldn't normally dream of contemplating such brand loving.

^ hehe didnt take that long to slip in to steamrollers. I love mine too.

inspiration from a couple of years back. no longer running in this form.a similar machine beat the south downs double in 23.40 last year.
http://www.lfgss.com/post1115589-15.html

^ Ditto

woah, rorschach that was freaky timing...you meant the steamroller right?

^ hehe didnt take that long to slip in to steamrollers. I love mine too.

true. but in my defense, i would love to own a lht but don't have enough time to warrant buying one :(

Object- http://www.lfgss.com/post1141869-105.html
I bought the other half a Cross-Check frameset for Christmas which she's building up at the moment. The sheer versatility of that frame is beyond even my own expectations.

I must say I'm actually rather jealous and if/when funds allow I'd love to add another one to my own collection.

I'd love to own a Surly had it not been for the longer than usual top tube length.

36x18 photos of yours? did you sort out the stem, it was giving you jip IIRC

Am planning on 8 weeks touring in the summer, travelling pretty light, steath camping where ever possible. Hopefully a new Surly will be accompanying me, but still not sure if it should be the Pacer or the Cross Check. The Pacer is probably more appropriate, but I love that robins egg blue.

Your Pacer toured Ireland in April 2010 fully loaded, and mixed it with the exotica at the Tour of Flanders in April 2011 - 265km, cobbles, the Koppenberg - it was the only Surly I saw! It did at least as well as the majority of other, more hardcore, bikes, and I wouldn't have ridden anything else.

I miss that Pacer already...

Crosscheck without a doubt, it's worth thinking about what you'd be using it for after your tour, and given how extremely versatile the cross check is (heavy tourer, fixie skidder, town bike, roadie etc.).

define pretty light, as in just a saddlebag or a couple pannier?

I'd say the Crosscheck too. The problem with Surly bikes is that i've got three that, with a wheel change, could all do basically the same thing. That's not really what it's about though, is it. ;)

I love my cross check - it's been set up as:

• fixed gear with guards for the winter
  
• SS cross and monster cross for racing and mountain biking
  
• 1x9 cross
  
• 1x9 road
  
• 2x9 road (current set up)
  
  

Most versatile bike I've ever owned and a lovely comfy ride that smooths the bumps in the road.

Saw the new Steamroller in my LBS today...looked absolutely amazing. Cue next project being an off-road single speed.

The Crosscheck is a great frame, had mine since 2007 and it does exactly what it is intended to do, brilliantly. Mine has mainly been used as a fixed gear winter training bike and commuter, but with a few small changes, it transforms into the ideal bike for the occasional touring holidays and off road rides, and works perfectly for this purpose. If you want a one frame suits all kind of machine, the Crosscheck has to be one of the best options.

There's no rack mounts on the Pacer, though there are ways round this, I think the Crosscheck is better set up for touring, wheelbase, clearance etc. you don't want to be kicking your paniers with each pedal stroke.

Piccie in off road mode:

36x18 photos of yours? did you sort out the stem, it was giving you jip IIRC

No mechanical jip, just aesthetic. The long top tube means using 90mm stems as opposed to the porn thread approved 110.

N-2 means I want a mountain bike and a Big Dummy. This guy's having fun.

Not a Pugsley.

http://whileoutriding.com/

I absolutely love my crosscheck. I had to sell my steamroller to get it, which was painful, but I'm glad I did. The cc is a brilliant bike that really does seem to be able to do pretty much anything. I know for sure that I'll hit my limitations before the bike does.

I'm doing LeJog next week so did a test run packing it up yesterday afternoon and went for a spin. We're staying in hostels, so I'm traveling quite light - relatively speaking, but it handles the extra weight well.

If you're reading this and thinking about getting a Surly - do it. I really can't recommend the enough.

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I loved my black Steamroller which got totalled in a crash last week. Had ridden it for 5 years.

RIP my sweet black steed

Have just ordered a new one (Black)

waiting for cranks.

nice bike. but destined for anti-porn because it's yours! maybe for the valve angle on the front wheel...

ed, is that yours? is it replacing something, or just another addition?