Originally Posted by
Scooty Puff Jr
I think you will be very happy with any choice of those 3, what I really like about Surly is their bikes come well equipped with higher end brand name components. For me the only thing I swapped out so far has been the seat and tires.
Originally Posted by
ksywa
I'd say it depends on what type of riding you prefer - Troll is just tiny bit smaller' LHT has drops. You probably should get one of the frames, and build it the way you like; so say, find what size of frame you need, and the first one which you can get under XX dollars will be your first one. You can start buying components already...
I guess I should mention that whatever model I get, will be a frame only and I will build it up and flat bar only.
Part of why I am so undecided is that I have a set of brand new 26" wheels, tyres & tubes, plus XT V-brakes, just waiting to go on to a bike, so both the LHT and Troll are contenders here.
But as I also have two bikes with 29" wheels and disc brakes, standardising on that wheel size and disc brakes, would lead me to the Ogre.
Eventually I could always put my new 26" wheels and XT V-brakes on to my 1995 Trek 830, which was my original plan at one point, before the Toughroad caught my eye.