80 years old, 2000 miles a year with Goodwife, mine is a Surly Crosscheck full dorko modded with spacers in head set for upright riding, Nitto Bosco bars haha. Works for me. Topeak rear rack and dedicated sliding bag with panniers. Narrow gel seat (buttskin too thin for Brooks). To hell with those ebikes. Thanks for great vid! (oh yeah! antique bell, of course!)
I’ve got a Surly long haul trucker. I was watching this because I want to put flat bars on due to hand arthritis, so this video was great thank you. I love the fact that you do a skid like a 12 year old kid😂
Just ordered a Surly Bridge Club from a shop in San Francisco, California - and looking forward to it! I live in the midwest US - so it was like a scavenger hunt finding it. Been searching for an Ogre (new/used) or a used ECR for several months and decided to pull the trigger on the Bridge Club. Some rack-adds in the future I'm sure. It'll be my first Surly as I've been a Trek and Jamis rider all my adult life. Thanks for all the info you share about your Surly fleet. Big fan of your Simple channel too. Congrats on the new shop.
Beautiful bike and love your build. Such a bonus to find a take down LHT. I have a Surly Bridge Club ‘20 27.5 for dirt road touring. I found a 97 Santa Cruz 700c hybrid I am moving into steel rando country bike. Think road-tour bike with flat bars and MTB 3x drive train.
I have my Surly LHT 26" sitting here right next to me, I've been struggling on making the bike as comfortable as possible. I'm wondering is that a Surly handlebar that you have on your build? I currently have a Surly Open Bar and I just went for a 30 mile ride and came back being uncomfortable on my back and arms. I don't want to go back to the drops (I'm in my 70s now)... the sweep on the Open Bars is too weird. The handlebars you have seem to be close to a flat bar, I need something to keep my Surly going. What bars did you wind up putting on?? Thanks, great video, i like your laidback approach, just like hanging out in a good old bike shop, just add a Golden Retriever in the corner!
On your ride you will find out why I start with 80-90s MTB frames. 26"wheels 1.75" tires for road and 1.95 for gravel, I go with 1X 8,9,10 drive trains with friction thumb shifters, 420cm width riser bars and the same kind of ergo hard rubber grips, bar height slightly higher than the seat, and a long handlebar stem so the steering is not squirrely.
I have a Surly LHT and also helped my friend build a Disc Trucker, but I never knew that Surly has made S&S couplers on its truckers! What a fun video to watch! May I please ask for your permission to add Chinese subtitles to this video and post it on Bilibili (a Chinese stream video platform) to let more non-English users get to know this awesome bike? Cheers
Yeah they're pretty cool. I wanted one way back when they came out and didn't think I'd ever have a chance to get one once they stopped making them. Pretty stoked to have it in the fleet.
Je regarde pour ce surly disc trucker neuf. mais en 26 pouces, la plus grande taille est 56cm, je mesure 1,86 m. Je suis confu en vous voyant. Votre vélo est un 58cm mais il parait presque trop petit 😮
@@jeremygoertz this is french Mister. sometimes it's better to translate from french to english, because if its too hard for me to say in english, it will sound indieglish to you 😆
@@jeremygoertz hey I am just wondering what's your frame's size ? 😅 Iam tall but I still like the 26 inch wheels version.. but maybe it's too small for me 😮 and I should go for a 700c wheels size 58.... I'm lost 😭
80 years old, 2000 miles a year with Goodwife, mine is a Surly Crosscheck full dorko modded with spacers in head set for upright riding, Nitto Bosco bars haha. Works for me. Topeak rear rack and dedicated sliding bag with panniers. Narrow gel seat (buttskin too thin for Brooks). To hell with those ebikes. Thanks for great vid! (oh yeah! antique bell, of course!)
I’ve got a Surly long haul trucker. I was watching this because I want to put flat bars on due to hand arthritis, so this video was great thank you. I love the fact that you do a skid like a 12 year old kid😂
Nice work and hardware! I enjoyed seeing a pro perform his craft.
Thank you so much!
Love watching these bike builds! Looks like a great space for a workshop/office.
Thanks buddy! Yeah I’m enjoying it so far 👍
Loved that.
Keep Cycling Weird.
Hahaha, thank you! 👍
hi dude, sweet bike build 🤟🤙🤙 really enjoyed the video thanks for sharing
Just ordered a Surly Bridge Club from a shop in San Francisco, California - and looking forward to it! I live in the midwest US - so it was like a scavenger hunt finding it. Been searching for an Ogre (new/used) or a used ECR for several months and decided to pull the trigger on the Bridge Club. Some rack-adds in the future I'm sure. It'll be my first Surly as I've been a Trek and Jamis rider all my adult life. Thanks for all the info you share about your Surly fleet. Big fan of your Simple channel too. Congrats on the new shop.
Right on! Thank you so much. I really do appreciate that. 👍
Love your videos man! Shout out from fellow surly humanoid here in the Philippines!
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. 👍
Beautiful bike and love your build. Such a bonus to find a take down LHT. I have a Surly Bridge Club ‘20 27.5 for dirt road touring. I found a 97 Santa Cruz 700c hybrid I am moving into steel rando country bike. Think road-tour bike with flat bars and MTB 3x drive train.
Thank you! That sounds like a fun build 👍
What more could you want? Great looking build that will last forever.
Thanks!👍
Wait, did you just remove the 1x and put back the 3x? HELL YEAH!
Finally, based choice
Hahaha! Nothing wrong with "older" ideas sometimes 👍
Tienes una máquina hermosa bendiciones para ti buen video felicidades
Awesome build ! Im curious what stem that is?
I have my Surly LHT 26" sitting here right next to me, I've been struggling on making the bike as comfortable as possible. I'm wondering is that a Surly handlebar that you have on your build? I currently have a Surly Open Bar and I just went for a 30 mile ride and came back being uncomfortable on my back and arms. I don't want to go back to the drops (I'm in my 70s now)... the sweep on the Open Bars is too weird.
The handlebars you have seem to be close to a flat bar, I need something to keep my Surly going. What bars did you wind up putting on??
Thanks, great video, i like your laidback approach, just like hanging out in a good old bike shop, just add a Golden Retriever in the corner!
Those Shimano T4000 brakes are great, especially for the money. That’s my go-to for inexpensive builds with rim brakes.
What kind of thumb shifters are those? I love friction thumb shifters, gives you ultimate flexibility when mix and matching derailleurs! Great video.
They are Paul thumbies with was were originally downtube shifters. It’s a weird combo but works. I here you on the friction shifting too👍
Damn! Never heard of them….thanks. I just bought some Sunrace on Amazon for $15. I am pleasantly surprised at the quality.
Nice 👍
Thank you! 👍
Why does every Surly Long Haul Trucker (including mine) has a Brooks seat?
On your ride you will find out why I start with 80-90s MTB frames. 26"wheels 1.75" tires for road and 1.95 for gravel, I go with 1X 8,9,10 drive trains with friction thumb shifters, 420cm width riser bars and the same kind of ergo hard rubber grips, bar height slightly higher than the seat, and a long handlebar stem so the steering is not squirrely.
I have some miles on this bike now over the weekend and I'm really like the way it's setup👍
I have a Surly LHT and also helped my friend build a Disc Trucker, but I never knew that Surly has made S&S couplers on its truckers! What a fun video to watch! May I please ask for your permission to add Chinese subtitles to this video and post it on Bilibili (a Chinese stream video platform) to let more non-English users get to know this awesome bike? Cheers
Let me ask what is the brand of front rack on this great bike?
It's a surly pack rat from what I heard in the video
Yeah it was a Surly 8-pack rack. I have the surly 24pack rack on my moonlander and they are nice solid racks👍
Wow! I didn’t know they made those. If you’re ever selling…
Yeah they're pretty cool. I wanted one way back when they came out and didn't think I'd ever have a chance to get one once they stopped making them. Pretty stoked to have it in the fleet.
Je regarde pour ce surly disc trucker neuf. mais en 26 pouces, la plus grande taille est 56cm, je mesure 1,86 m.
Je suis confu en vous voyant. Votre vélo est un 58cm mais il parait presque trop petit 😮
Shall I reply in Mongolian so we can have a full conversation that neither of us understand?
@@jeremygoertz this is french Mister. sometimes it's better to translate from french to english, because if its too hard for me to say in english, it will sound indieglish to you 😆
Either way I have no clue why your original comment was.
@@jeremygoertz hey I am just wondering what's your frame's size ? 😅 Iam tall but I still like the 26 inch wheels version.. but maybe it's too small for me 😮 and I should go for a 700c wheels size 58.... I'm lost 😭
Yes you are