My New Touring Bike

[dp_Dyl]

I've just built myself a Surly Long Haul Trucker from the frame up Here it is...

[Ambler]

Looks great.
Can I be cheeky and ask you the total cost?

[dp_Dyl]

Thanks

It was around £1400 by the time I paid for extras I didn't budget for like grease, lube, cable outing, tools etc.

[Michael R]

This is more or less what I was looking for last year, but tourers usually have drops and good hybrids high gears with 50-39-30 rings

Still I ended up with a good bike

[foxyrider]

As long as you like it!

[ossie]

Fantastic looking bike, something I am looking at doing when / if the funds become available.

[LowPlainsDrifter]

Nice. What bars have you put on it? I cant make it out in the pic.

[JohnW]

That's the way dp - you know everything about this bike now - all the places where you had to think about it, all the parts that you may not choose again when they're worn and need replacing, all the satisfaction when things went together just right, all the threads properly greased.............................in the "old days" we even knew each ball-bearing individually and there was real satisfaction in setting up a bottom bracket just right.

You know your bike better than all those ready-builts and if something needs adjusting or tightening up you know better how to do it.

And - when you'd finished - the excitement of finding out just how it rides. It's all a great experience, isn't it?

Good fellow.

Who's your friend peeping up over the back wheel?