Last week, I bought a disc brake version of the Surly Long Haul Trucker, the Disc Trucker. Apparently, it was a new model for 2012. I bought for commuting primarily, as my commute is a round trip close to 50 miles. That's almost touring, even though I'm not going anywhere new.
I've had it now for about 5 days, I have just over 50 miles on it as of this morning. I mounted on a set of Bontrager fenders, a Topeak rear rack that I pirated from my mountain bike (it doesn't need it anymore), a Brooks B-17, plus the usual lights & odometer. The bike is a size 46, fitted with a 100mm stem. Apparently, I'm not easy to fit. The 26x1.5 tires look small to me, since in practice they're barely 25" in diameter, but it rolls OK, rides nice.
Here's one of my father taking it for a test ride, just as he realized that he really didn't know about using brake levers on drop bars...
I've had it now for about 5 days, I have just over 50 miles on it as of this morning. I mounted on a set of Bontrager fenders, a Topeak rear rack that I pirated from my mountain bike (it doesn't need it anymore), a Brooks B-17, plus the usual lights & odometer. The bike is a size 46, fitted with a 100mm stem. Apparently, I'm not easy to fit. The 26x1.5 tires look small to me, since in practice they're barely 25" in diameter, but it rolls OK, rides nice.
Here's one of my father taking it for a test ride, just as he realized that he really didn't know about using brake levers on drop bars...