The Trucker

This story was going to start out about a bike that i built at work that i thought was really cool. Well technically i guess it still can... but the story has changed quite a bit. I built this bike at the shop two weeks ago, the bike; a Surly Long Haul Trucker.
With all the talk around the shop about touring trips and commuting the LHT has been a bit of a hot topic amongst a few of us. The Trucker is a touring bike through and through. It has mounts for racks, 3 bottle mounts, a frame pump braze-on, even a spare spoke holder on the chain stay, and a comfortably relaxed geometry. It is built and bred for long distance, fully loaded, touring trips. It also makes a great commuter bike.

Long story short, after all the talk around the shop and extensive thought and research i took this baby home from the shop floor. I outfitted her with a Brooks B17 leather saddle, which I must say is an extremely comfortable saddle (So comfortable in fact I ordered one for my Karate Monkey), i threw on some bottle cages, and I found an old Zefal HPx pump on a donation bike which was a lucky, rare find. I plan on adding racks, bags and fenders, but that process is going to take some time. I have an odometer to hook up to her and I plan on keeping a log of the trips i take.
This is the beginging of a beautiful friendship between me and my Trucker, and I plan on wearing out the tires on her as fast(or as slowly) as I can. Dont worry though I will post all my travellings right here on this crazy ass blog. this is going to be fun :).