Originally Posted by
riderx
It's a weird world when people think Surly stuff is expensive. I'd call Surly's stuff working man's (or woman's) parts: tough enough to take a beating day after day without emptying your wallet. Not the lightest but certainly not the heaviest. You can buy cheaper stuff but you'll probably replace it more often and in the long run wind up spending more. Just my $.02
The msrp for most of the frames is absurd for a plain old welded 4130. Quality wise I haven't seen anything to set surly apart from every other little company who imports frames from asia. On the other hand a lot of their models do have nice features and if you can find or bargain your way closer to wholesale then retail they are indeed well thought out solid bikes.