Surly Cross Check Custom Build

Here is a pretty sharp looking Cross Bike (we sure do build a lot of these)

Sweet Riding Surly Steel, outfitted with Shimano 105 groupo, dressed up with Ritchey Classic Stem, Seat Post & bars. The proud owner is one of the guys off Team W2 Racing. I hear he's pretty fast. 

29er Quiring HardTail

Just finished this build, it turned out great. Gonna be an awesome bike for many fun times:
Custom Steel Frame from a builder in Michigan, mostly Shimano XTR 27 speed drive train. Avid hydraulic disk brakes, RockShox 20mm thru axle. Thomson Stem & Seat Post, a nice Easton Carbon Bar....
and a very nice set of Industry 9 / Stans NoTubes wheels.

Ride Report

Last year I built up a Surly Travelers Check for a fellow (more details, here, & here).
He was kind enough to send along a ride report which I thought would be fun to share:

Gentlemen;  I thought of both of you this weekend, riding over the cobbles on the tour de flanders course.  Although my wrists were sore and my hands were numb, the bike held up in style. Couplers, tires, wheels, all a go.  Peter, nice work.  We rode the 75K option and loved every moment.  Eurokit cyclists were out sporting their best.  Unbelievable how many cyclists were out on the course. Pics will be forthcoming.  We rode on sat and watched the big boys on sun.  George H took 6th.  If you look on steephilltv site and the crowd on the Muur-Kapelmuur, you can see some of our group (orange tee in the middle) although I am just out of frame to the left as you look at it.  The climb the day before was fun.  Euro-nummie in front of me pulls a domino effect and I ended up w/a gouge on my leg and finishing the climb running my bike.  Fun anyway.  I learned cobbles are much better tolerated while climbing.  A new appreciation for the grueling tour circuit.  Pretty cool.

I'll send some pics now that the bike season may be upon us.

Oh, rode w/a buddy last week in semi driving rain.  Tires and brakes worked great.  Totally confident in the wet.  Like the fenders.

Thanks for stopping by.

peter

Phew, that's light!

> Here's a bike that a gentleman brought in the frame, & pretty much everything else, for me to put together. He's an importer & had all this stuff made with his company's name.
> Total bike weight=16.4lbs
>

Have I mentioned...

How small the Travelers Check gets for shipping? Fits nicely in a 26x26x10 box. Cool stuff

Surly Traveler Check. Complete

This is it. The Brooks saddle and tape really look great. The black Rival components will be reliable. And the Velocity wheels will travel thousands of miles with little trouble.

Surly Travelers Check. Specced and ready to build

Been working with a guy on a commuter / traveling bike. This is what we came up with.
Good durable components(SRAM Rival) on a frame that folds in half (couplers).
Not in this picture: Brooks honey saddle & bar tape & wheels (to be built)
More pictures to come as build progresses

Surly CrossCheck Single Speed

Here's a cool little number. Cyclocross Single speed.
A sweet custom build.
The proud owner will get years of reliability out of this.