Hmmm, for my own part I wouldn't buy an LHT for the following reasons:
1. I dislike the "Surley" name and logo.
2. I dislike the Surley website/mindset they have.
3. The bikes are ridiculously heavy for a modern bicycle.
4. Bar-end shifters—there's no reason for 'em. This is 2009.
5. They're butt-ugly. Again, their corporate mind-set.
6. They're common as dirt.
7. They have a mindless, cult following.
Just being the devil's advocate. Really, I don't care. Plenty of folks think they're the Katz PJ's (obviously) and I saw quite a few on the road and their riders loved them.
The only thing(s) that really would prevent me from buying one is the company image they try and project. It offends me, but, I'm in advertising/design so I'm sensitive like that. It's not a reasonable consumer's stance (advertising has prevented me from buying a product far more often than it has compelled me to buy). That and I think there are too many other, better (meaning: lighter, STI equipped, nicer paint) offerings out there. It's all in how you look at things—if it's work 'in for ya—I'd say go for it. Truly, I never met a bike I didn't like.
Just amusing myself here. But, I do have to say the bike pictured above is a good looker. Well done.
Hey! He said try and talk him out of it!
Last edited by foamy; 02-14-09 at 08:55 AM.