Bike Touring News

[...] When you purchase a Surly Bikes frame set from the Bike Touring News Store we make sure it is ready for you to start hanging parts on it. When we get a frame we [...]

[...] , on eBay. Reading Hugh Macleod always makes me re-examine our business ideas with the Bike Touring News store. If we can’t create a social object with lots of social gestures then there is no [...]

[...] . To make it easier for you there are now a couple of new package options on the Bike Touring News store. One option (Tool Kit #1) is for the tool pouch with all the tools I carry in mine&# [...]

[...] The Bike Hermit likes his front bag because it is easy to reach even when riding and because it has a map case [...]

[...] As the Bike Hermit is deep into his remodeling project, Sky King jumped at the chance to do some great slow [...]

[...] deleted) because I mock him for naming his bike Rocinante. But it’s just because the Bike Hermit is a rough, illiterate man. And because I’m jealous of him. He is leaving next month for [...]

[...] Nate was here to pick out a Long Haul Trucker this weekend. He rides a mountain bike with hydraulic disc brakes, and so he was a little [...]

[...] for a smoother ride and a wide footprint will float over the loose sections. On the Long Haul Trucker I am running the Schwalbe Big Apple 29 x 2 tires. I have always been impressed with [...]

[...] only down side is that not all fork blades have a threaded boss on both sides. (The Surly Long Haul Trucker does) The Down Under rack attaches to the fork dropout eyelets with a welded tab. There are [...]

[...] is the text of an email I sent to a customer who asked some questions about what makes a good touring bike: A touring bike should be about comfort. Typically the tourist is not going to be doing too [...]

[...] disc brakes, and so he was a little bit unsure about what type of brakes would work best on a touring bike. According to what he had heard and his experiences, disc brakes: -are finicky and [...] [...]

[...] disc brakes, and so he was a little bit unsure about what type of brakes would work best on a touring bike. According to what he had heard and his experiences, disc brakes: -are finicky and difficult [...]

[...] to sell bikes in the previous year’s colors until they are gone. For 2014 the new Disc Trucker color is burgundy. We just finished this bike […] [...]

[...] /or racks I imagine the same questions might come up when other people are considering the new Disc Trucker vs. the standard rim brake equipped Long Haul Trucker. (An earlier post discussed some [...]

Nate was here to pick out a Long Haul Trucker this weekend. He rides a mountain bike with hydraulic disc brakes, and so he was a little bit unsure abo [...]

[...] be threaded into the bottom bracket shell. Looking at the late Mr. Brown’s page I realized I am opening a bona fide can of [...]

[...] check the alignment of the dropouts and of the frame itself. We chase the threads in the bottom bracket shell and in all the rack and fender braze-ons to clean out the paint over-spray. We face and [...]

[...] to a Surly Cross Check but with a few crucial differences; most notably the Straggler has disc brakes and comes stock with Surly Knard 700c x 41 tires. Surly sent us this bike to try out after the [...]

[...] to what he had heard and his experiences, disc brakes: -are finicky and difficult to adjust -are prone to failure -have better stopping power and [...]

[...] brake caliper….not an issue obviously on a 700c wheel bike or even a 26″ one with disc brakes or narrow profile cantilevers. Another good feature is the stops on top of the rails to keep [...]

[...] In an earlier post I talked about cable actuated disc brakes on the Long Haul Trucker. Surly rolls out bikes in new colors each year (or so). They continue [...]

[...] Second in a series on bottom brackets. Numero uno is here. The newest (2012) Long Haul Trucker complete bikes come with the Shimano [...]

At the risk of talking down to some readers and over the head of others I feel the need to explain the term “bottom bracket”. According to Sheldon [...]

[...] for a discussion of gears and gearing. So this series of pieces will be about square taper bottom brackets.There are still compatibility issues to think about though. The taper on Italian (Campagnolo) [...]

[...] some discomfiture when I realized the Salsa Wanderlust rear rack would not fit on a Surly Long Haul Trucker. Because the top platform was so long and extended so far forward it actually came into [...]

[...] of the shape of the crank. For example: with a Sugino XD500 (XD2) triple crank set on a Surly Long Haul Trucker, a 116mm to 118mm spindle length works well. Before the widespread use of cartridge [...]

[...] only down side is that not all fork blades have a threaded boss on both sides. (The Surly Long Haul Trucker does) The Down Under rack attaches to the fork dropout eyelets with a welded tab. [...]

[...] Gilles Berthoud makes bicycle products with apparent disregard for costs. The materials and methods and [...]

[...] brakes and will support a front “rando bag” such as those made by Gilles Berthoud, Acorn or Swift. A person could just strap a dry sack or a tent or zip tie a basket on [...]