Got this a week ago. It wasnt easy to find one in China, but as I was going to Malaysia for holidays, I started hunting there. I finally got it from TR Bikes in Singapore. It was easy to fly home with it.

It is a 54 inch with 26 inch wheels, and so far, except for the Brooks B17 Standard, the bike is as supplied.

I have been riding it around town, and out into the countryside. Still getting used to dropbars, havent ridden with them since about '99, and have never used brifters. It is a nice solid bike. Fenders are on the way.

I am waiting on Tubus racks, Ortlieb panniers and a Garmin Edge 705 GPS for touring. Will also try to source some Schwalbe Marathon XR tyres for touring.

Bike theft is a big problem in China, and this bike will not be locked up anywhere, if I am going somewhere where a lock is needed, I will take my other bike, a cheap red Giant Lava mountain bike with nearly 6000km on it. I will, however, start using the Surly for commuting when my holidays finish. Looking forward to seeing if I can break my riding time records when the temps drop off their current summer highs of mid 30's with high humidity.

The only problem I have found so far is that I need to listen to the front non-indexed cog to set it right, and this interfers with my music listening

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