Originally Posted by
Santaria
But yeah, the Special Ops Pug is sweet. The Ogre really has my attention, if somehow I could build one with a Fox 29R 100M fork on the front it would be 100 percent versatile. The stock fork rocks - but my Karate Monkey was a bit of a pig riding the twisty single-track down here on the weekends. It's not a deal breaker, but it does make me wonder the viability of adding that fork to the equation on a Ogre.
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Not sure about a 100mm fork on the Ogre. Send the Surly folks a note and see what they say. They'll tell you the straight story. My wife rides a Surly Troll, it's a sweet bike. Me a cross check, and I demo'd a black ops pug's recently and I'm about to buy one for the winter. I think for super twisty single track as you describe, it might not be my first choice with the fat tires on it. You work to turn those mothers. The Ogre would be better.