Hey all,
Surly just announced their new stuff. Two very relevant pieces of gear. First, the Moloko Bar:
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Looks like a Jones bar with bar-end points out front. Very cool! It's made from Cromoly Steel, though, which means it'll be heavy! 709g is about twice the weight of a conventional aluminum bar (a Salsa Salt Flat is 300g), so not outrageous.
The other big announcement was Surly's Extra-Terrestrial tires in a 29x2.5 size. BIG rubber for all the Surly Ogre tourists out there. These are Surly's version of the Schwalbe Marathons, but with a little more grippy knobs.
In addition to that, the Wednesday and ICT fatbikes get a little more affordable, and if you missed the last wave of announcements, the Troll got new geometry with no suspension correction and the Karate Monkey was overhauled into a 27.5+/29er.
What do we think?