Reader’s Ride: Dan’s Surly 1×1

Have a quick nosey at this very comfortable green machine sent in by a clueless idiot.

Your Name

Dan

Bike

Surly 1×1 (2007)

Fork

Surly 80mm suspension corrected rigid but now has Manitou Markhor fork at 100mm

Shock

Pfft! A hardtail is ALL you need

Suspension set-up

Now has a Manitou Markhor fork set at 100mm in stealthy black on black

Wheels

Halo Vapour 27.5 with Halo Supadrive MT hubs back and front

Tyres

Schwalbe Magic Mary up the front Schwalbe Nobby Nic at the back, my all year round fit and forget set up

Brakes

SRAM Code RSC

Drivetrain

Single speed with Shimano direct mount 34 tooth ring up front with a Gusset Double Six single speed kit and 16t sprocket taking care of the rear end

Cockpit

Burgtec RW 15mm rise 35mm clamp bars cut down to 780mm Burgtec mkiii enduro stem

Seatpost

Brand X Ascend II 150mm external dropper

Saddle

Gusset S2 AM Saddle

Accessories

Topeak Modula EX bottle cage and a clueless idiot sitting on top

Size and Weight

Small frame size weight circa 12kg

Why this bike?

First self built bike from parts, it’s my single speed weapon and just goes over and through every thing you throw at it, it’s playful and light for a steel frame. Bought the frame off of eBay for a really good price (around £190) and fell in love with it straight away, plus the “Lemon Lime Pearl” colour just looks the greatest. Took me 6 months of research and collecting the right parts to put this animal together and although the wait was torturous at times, it was well worth it. This bike has easily become my most ridden with seeing everything from long days to short blasts around the local trails to admirably handling 4 day bike packing duties. It’s just a very comfortable, easy to ride, low maintenance bike that never gets boring to get on and go wherever the wind blows it.

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