2014 Surly Troll

This is the reincarnation of another Surly, a Long Haul Trucker to be exact.  The original bike is unfortunately not up here, but this one is so we're batting .500.

This bike was basically a frame swap from the LHT, except for the tires.  That was actually the main motivation for the change of frame was the desire for massive tire, for which a massive Maxxis Hookworm 26x2.5" tire was chosen.  This customer finds himself on fire roads more often than not and prefers a more stable platform.

This bike exceeded our expectations in terms of comfort and actually ease of build.  We kept thinking there should be some incompatibilities, but nothing.  Surly does a great job of keeping the critical measurements and diameters the same between model that frame swaps like this are cake walk.

This should be a great bike for years to come, or at least until the customer decides on a new Surly model!