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| Surly Trucker Deluxe Frameset (2011)
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The fact is, you can’t ride your bike everywhere. Sometimes if you want to take your bike along you need a convenient way to get it there with the least amount of hassle, expense, and potential for damage.
For a couple years Surly offered the Travellers Check, a travel frame based on the Cross Check model. It could be split in two via S&S Machine Company’s BTCs (bicycle torque couplings), better known as S&S Couplers, machined stainless steel pieces brazed into the top and down tubes. They add a small bit of weight (less than 8 oz/227g per frame), but result in a bike that can be packed into a case for relatively easy transport. When you put it all back together, you have a regular bike, your bike, safe and solid.
The Travellers Check was a great bike for lots of people, but despite its versatility it had some drawbacks as an ideal travel bike. Some found the wheel size problematic. 700c wheels do not fit into an airline-regulation maximum size hard case without deflating the tires, and even then it’s a tight fit. As well, many people use a travel bike for touring far away lands, panniers fully loaded with clothes, cookware, camping equipment, and mousse, and wanted a frame designed for this purpose.
It isn’t really feasible for us to offer two S&S coupled frames so we’re replacing the Travelers Check with the Long Haul Trucker Deluxe. As you may know, our Long Haul Trucker is a true touring frame. The LHT DeLuxe is a Long Haul Trucker with S&S’s new, lower profile couplers, and the frame uses 26" wheels. Hey!
It should go without saying that owning such a bike brings some responsibilities on your part. You will need the basic tools and know-how to safely remove and reinstall your wheels, your handlebar or stem, your pedals, possibly your fork (especially on larger frames). Be sure and visit S&S Machine’s website (sandsmachine.com). Their story, their recommendations for care of your S&S Couplers, and their own reasons for why a frame with S&S Couplers is good for you can all be found there.
Tubing: Surly 4130 CroMoly steel. Main triangle double-butted. TIG-welded
Fork: 4130 CroMoly, lugged and brazed, tapered curved blades with lowrider rack eyelets
Rear dropouts: Vertical, 135mm spaced
Brake compatibility: Linear-pull or traditional cantilever
Braze-ons: Upper bosses and dropout eyelets for racks front and rear, fender eyelets,chainstay spare spoke holder, pump peg,downtube lever bosses, 3 sets of H2O cage bosses, rear housing stop for canti brakes, housing stops for brakes and derailleurs, S&S Couplers
Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm
Seatpost clamp: 30mm Surly stainless, included
Headset: 1-1/8" threadless
Front Derailleur Clamp Diameter: 28.6mm
Bottom bracket shell: 68mm wide, 1.37" x 24t
Chainring clearance: 42/53t double, 38/52/56t triple (max. tooth size)
Tyre Clearance: Fits tyres up to 26 x 2.1" with room for fenders
Weight: 56cm frame = 2,903g 6.4(lb) Fork: uncut = 1020g (2.25 lb) |
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