Back in october or so surly intergalactic hq dropped some photos and a dribble of information concerning their soontobeunleashed doitall 29er bike the ogre. Feb 04, 2018 timelapse of my custom spec surly troll 22 world exhibition bicycle build bike spec can be found on my website. Jan 04, 2020 or, my ride of choice, the surly troll mine is a customsetup by myself, but the complete bike gets some good reputation too, more like a offroadutilitybike. I had eyelets added below the downtube for extra water carrying duties. The surly troll is a pretty ideal bike for offroad, worldconquering adventures. It has primarily been selected because it can run wide 29 x 2. Components made by surly include the dingle cog, cranksets. The one thing i would do different than the complete build is the gearing.
I know because i fall on the other end of the spectrum. I have a 32 inseam and 27 arm reach to palms with a 26 trunk upright distance from shoulders to seat. With a standards drunk bike industry, and consumer base squabbling over the best tire size and the ideal trail geometry, some folks might gloss over the steadfast troll. Straggler is tuned for crossover exploration on a wide variety of terrain conditions. That bike was later renamed the one by one, and not long after, surly started offering a selection of bike parts. Surly troll, tigwelded 4 chromoly surly troll 420mm axletocrown x 43mm offset, tapered and butted straight blade, 4 chromoly. The monkey labs surly troll is a touring bike that could. Frame spec sheets, tire diagrams, classifications, tire geometry charts, and setup tips. Pack it in, pack it out with the surly bridge club. I quite like orange and dont have any orange bikes so my motivation for respraying a new frame is low.
Timelapse showing a custom build, using a surly troll fame with hope wheels and deorext groupset. Many smallerbigger cyclists look to custom built frames to get what theyre after, but this list will allow you to find a bike that will fit. No lbs carries one and its hard to tell which is best for me. It would be nice to see the same on the troll, as plentiful h2o capacity is always a good move.
In reality, however, the comotion pangea is neither of these things. Since then, people have modified them hundreds of different ways to suit their riding styles and preferences. Check out our latest custom surly troll build only at. Theres a reason that nearly every person who has ever worked for surly has owned one.
Although its probably as close to a mountain bike as we have here it has ample clearance for 283850t mountaintriple chainrings and room for 26. Compatible with both disc and rim brakes, it has a horizontal dropout design that gives riders an edge of confidence. Surly troll frameset the bicycle planet long island, ny. Although its probably as close to a mountain bike as we have here it has ample clearance for 283850t mountaintriple chainrings and room for 26 x 3. Then came the crosscheck road bike and the karate monkey trail bike. Surly bike manuals product instructions surly bikes. Surly is owned by and shares facilities with quality bicycle products qbp. Brakes, discbrakes, a rohloff hub, a normal rear derailleur or even singlespeed. The frame has ample clearance to accommodate triple chainring and boost setups, and its maximum 26 x 3 tire clearance allows 27. Its a rough road road bike, a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing, a utilitarian townie, a lightduty touring bike and an allweather commuter. At second glance, it looks more like a fast, sporty road bike with disc brakes and 26inch mountain bike tires. Longtail cargo bikes big dummy bicycle surly bikes. Surly also adorned this frame with their gnotboost spacing, allowing you to use any mountain bike hub whether it be 5mm qr, 12 x 142mm thruaxle, or 12 x 148mm boost hub.
If surly ends up selling a troll complete it might overtake the lht complete in sales. I bought a 20 surly ogre complete bike from a local bike shop and love it. It includes a longframe bike that can carry bigger loads on the rear carrier, as well as bike trailers. Take the ogre, 29er chromo frame with horizontal drops capable of running single speed or rohloff, braze on for. Surly troll though the troll s geometry is that of a 26wheeled mountain bike, its unlike most mountain bikes youll find anywhere you go. The surly troll is one of the few bike left that still gives you the option to run rim brakes or disc brakes. They design bicycles, components, and steel frames which are manufactured in taiwan using 4 chromoly steel. This is perhaps underlined by the fact that the troll sports a more fun, snappy mtb geometry like the 1. Surly s troll was once a simple mountain bike frame with a few extras that made it nice for touring. The group approached the owner of qpb about making a singlespeed mountain bike, and he agreed. Dec 16, 20 im doing the measuring myself as im in a smaller town in costa rica and the local bike shops arent much help in sizing a surly troll. Its geometry is no longer suspension corrected, which gives it more room for a larger frame bag.
My address book my wish list california residents sign out help. Built to last and intricately designed, surly is a company full of steel, personality and commitment to the environment. Keeping it on the lowside surly bikes 68,530 views 2 years ago the lowside is the bike that gets you across town for a quick rip on some singletrack, then over to the bar for a night out. Its a steel gravel bicycle that thrives on the road. Sometimes finding a small touring bike is hard work. Given many are using the troll as an expedition touring bike an extra bottle mount or three woudnt be hard for surly to justify including, even at a slight price increase. Road and offroad touring bikes, bikepacking bikes from surly. Surly 2018 troll complete touringbikepacking bike tree.
Trying to decide between a medium and a large surly troll. The troll has evolved into a frame that has been pushed deeper into the category of offroad touring. Troll and ogre can only be run with 160mm discs, and my axle goes all the way in, no problem. The trolls currently only available as a frameset, though a complete bike might be available at some point. The touring bicycle buyers guide is an overview of all of my knowledge condensed into a simple and easy to read book. Surlys first bike was born and dubbed the rat race. How would i custom build a roundtheworld touring bike in. The surly troll complete bike is a touring bike built to handle dirt, dirt and more dirt. For the style of riding and the terrain i prefer, i really like the geometry of the ecr, so far. At surly, we make serious steel bikes for people who dont take themselves too seriously. We cannot and will not entertain your wishes for custom geometries, custom brazedon bits, different dropouts, forks from one model with a different model frame, changes to complete bike parts spec, or suggestions that we are incapable of change. They design bicycles, components, and, most notably, steel frames which are manufactured in taiwan using 4 chromoly steel. Having ridden the original troll from mexico to panama, i took particular interest in surlys long awaited redesign. The troll rides like an suv, the potholes of the road dissolve under the bikes steady footprint.
The 2020 touring bicycle buyers guide will help you buy. Be sure youre using the special surly disc caliper adapter, and that its facing the right way arrow towards direction of travel. Its probably worth saying that i dont think surly intended this bike for super heavy loads thats more the domain of the lht. May 22, 2019 in this video, i take you through my fully custom built surly ogre bikepacking rig. My first solo road tour outside the usa was baja 2014. Surly is owned by and shares facilities with quality bicycle products qbp components made by surly include the dingle cog, cranksets with separately detachable spiders, a. Hi darren, really interesting to read as is all the comments, my bike is a lynskey backroad tourer in titanium, spaced 5mm for a shimano alfine 11 speed hub gear with hope 160 rotors, the forks are surly lht disc in steel, racks front and rear are tubus in tubular steel, easy to weld if they broke, i changed the gearing downwards as to. Jul 25, 2015 timelapse showing a custom build, using a surly troll fame with hope wheels and deorext groupset. If i had more time, i would have preferred to just buy the frame as amazon offers and build my own. Surly 2018 troll complete touringbikepacking bike the surly troll is their 26 touring, mountain biking, urban, rural exploration bike. See more ideas about touring, touring bike and touring bicycles. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Big brother ogre is fortunate enough to have these fitted as well as anything cage mounts on the fork from new.
In this video, i take you through my fully custom built surly ogre bikepacking rig. Custom surly troll build cycling with chris youtube. With a 19 gear inch low gear the troll will take you up dirt roads with the steepest gradients. The troll s currently only available as a frameset, though a complete bike might be available at some point. Timelapse of my custom spec surly troll 22 world exhibition bicycle build bike spec can be found on my website. Recycling many of the attributes of last years 26 surly troll touring troublemaker, the ogre also bought the big boots and would roll off the production line as a 29er. Raised in bloomington, mn, surly has created a strong name in the cycling community and prides themselves on every product without taking themselves too seriously.
Help you understand the most important characteristics of a touring bike narrow down the best touring bikes for you. This is the latest and greatest bike ive built so far and i love the way it feels overall. Troll is the expedition touring bike that started us down the winding, mostly unpaved path of dirt road touring. The frame has ample clearance to accommodate triple chainring and boost setups, and its maximum 26 x. Models include the surly troll, surly ecr, surly ogre and surly world troller.
Its fullyequipped to get you out there way out there for very long periods of time and its highlyversatile dropout design allows you to do so in a variety of ways. The 2020 touring bicycle buyers guide will help you buy the. My second tour bike my first solo road tour outside the usa was baja 2014. At first glance, the comotion pangea appears to be a hardtail mountain bike with drop handlebars and all the brazeons needed to mount fenders and front and rear racks. I think if i were looking for a production mtntouring bike id go with the troll over the fargo. Its an ideal groupset for the versatile bike that it is. Take the ogre, 29er chromo frame with horizontal drops capable of running single speed or rohloff, braze on for racks and guards, disk and rim brake compatible. Not as playfully designed as the funloving krampus, but also not as upright as the ogre or troll. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog. I think the troll would be a big hit with commuters looking for a flat barred bike. Being the thoughtful people that they are, surly have kept everything standard no awkward seat post sizes to track down which made for easy transfer of existing kit.
The monkey labs surly troll is a touring bike that could survive the apocalypse may th, 2016 cycle monkey are the usa distributor for highend touring components like rohloff hubs, gates carbon drive and spdynamo hubs, as well as touring bikes by tout terrain and shand. The bike fitter will ask you questions like, what type of riding you do, how often you do it, and what your goals are. Semihorizontal dropouts for singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability. Surly bikes is a bicycle company based in bloomington, minnesota founded in 1998. I recommend getting a professional bike fit before buying a bike.
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