Originally Posted by
mulveyr
As a household with both a Sojourn and an LHT, I honestly don't get the love for the LHT. To outfit it with equivalent racks/fenders/etc as the Sojourn, we ended up paying more for the LHT ( and that's keeping the stock LHT saddle and bar tape, ). I find the Sojourn to be a much more comfortable ride, especially when loaded.
Don't get me wrong - the LHT is a great bike, but it's not the unbeatable touring machine that so many seem to think.
I was just surprised to see a thread where the Surly LHT was not even under consideration. I thought all threads had to begin: "What SIZE LHT should I get," "I'm waiting for my Surly LHT," "I just got a Surly LHT," or - on rare occasions - "Why I'm NOT getting a Surly LHT." The fact that someone would consider touring without even thinking of a Surly LHT violates some kind of BF rule.
(Actually, I figured out later that the OP must have just been considering touring bikes with disc brakes).
However, I am still wondering why an organized tour wants to travel the Pacific Coast from South to North. There should be a warning on their website, "We're doing this for charity, but we're traveling the wrong way."