Surly Karate Monkey Complete Bike

Puzzled by the variety of components needed to assemble a complete 29'er? Surly takes the guesswork out with their new-for-09 Karate Monkey complete. It's shipped as a singlespeed, but also features a derailleur hanger and full braze-ons, so you can easily go geared later if you like.

* 100% Surly 4130 chromoly steel construction
* Accepts 51mm IS Disc or rim brakes

COMPONENT SPECIFICATIONS

* Ritchey Logic Comp 1 1/8" threadless headset
* Kalloy seatpost and stem; Surly "Torsion" bar - 666mm wide
* Velo grips
* Avid Speed Dial 7 levers with Avid BB7 disc brakes
* Surly Mr. Whirly crankset w/33T ring, plus Salsa Ring Dinger guard
* WTB SST saddle w/chromoly rails, Surly seatpost clamp
* SRAM PC 870 chain, Shimano 18T freewheel
* Surly "New" Disc hubs laced to Salsa Delgado rims, with 32, 14GA DT Swiss Champion spokes
* WTB Exiwolf 29 x 2.3 tires

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Surly Karate Monkey Reviews

63xc.com

The thing with 29" wheels, they just roll, and it feels like you can go on and on, and over anything/everything. And, if it's fixed, you just keep rolling. Just keep going on, just keep your momentum. And riding fixed offroad it's just so much fun, and that's it, that's what riding fixed is all about, isn't it?

I shouldn't have had all that Guinness last night. This little hill seems endless. But it's so much easier with the 17t cog. Off the saddle and up, oh, it climbs so very nicely: short chainstays, you see. The 29"x2.2 Bontrager Jones ACX help a lot. Big fat tires. Bigger is better. I'm not an expert wheel builder (yet) but the 32 spokes on my Salsa Delgado/Surly New Hub wheels are doing a pretty good job. And now down. This is fun! I spin out rather easily, but it's just a matter of control. Front brake (Avid V-brake) is all you need really.

StankerTanker.com

I have decided to base my new commuter around the infamous Surly Karate Monkey. I have a medium size frame, I am right at 6' (when I stand up straight, which is like, never). I purchased this frame for a decent price, around the MSRP of $440 from my local bike shop. Originally, I had designs on the Trek Portland and then the Lemond Poprad Disc but both of these, while having some of the components I wanted, were missing really important ones, or had components I would have to replace anyway... Which costs a lot, if you just bought a new bike.

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