Apart from the great handling and good geometry, the Surly Karate Monkey is versatile, inexpensive and Surly are good on customer service. You’ll love the rear horizontal drops.

It’s a great bike for re-experiencing your childhood and just having fun in the forest. Go on, put some miles in, it will do you good! Some people drop the handlebars as low as they will go and find the position comfortable like a 26″ race bike.

So, the Surly Karate monkey is cheap, solid, reliable, simple, and has lovely big wheels. It’s almost as if it knows what you’re going to do next. It climbs well and responds terrifically. What more could a cyclist ask for?

TECHNICAL SPECS

§ Surly 4130 CroMoly steel. Main triangle double-butted. TIG-welded

§ Horizontal dropouts with a derailleur hanger, so you can run it as a singlespeed, a fixed-gear, or with full gears and derailleurs

§ This is the latest frame revision, with new rear disc caliper mount to make removing and installing the rear wheel easier

COMPONENTS

§ Truvativ FireX 1.1 crank/BB with 33t ring

§ Shimano 17t freewheel

§ SRAM PC830 chain

§ Ritchey Logic Comp headset

§ Kalloy stem and post

§ Salsa Moto-Ace handlebar

§ Avid FR5 levers hooked to Avid BB7 mechanical disc brakes

§ WTB Exiwolf 29 x 2.3 tires

§ WTB SST Saddle

§ Wheels are Surly sealed cartridge disc hubs, laced to Salsa Delgado rims using DT Swiss Champion 14g stainless spokes

§ Other nifty doodads include a stylish and functional Surly seatclamp and comfy Velo grips

§ Pedals are not included

Surly Karate Monkey – Put Some Miles In is a post from: WiredWriter