What do you think of this Surly?

Not much of a description, and I suspect it'll go fast.
But...what about the price?
Looks pretty cool...
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/m...493138061.html

It really depends on the component group....I'd try to find that out first.

Well, you're right, of course.
I'll try to find that out tonight.
Not sure what bikey's put on a LHT.
Let's assume mid-grade (105-ish?) components.
How much is a frame worth?

MSRP on the frame is $420, and they can be found new for $400.

The Surly "build up" of this bike is $930 MSRP and can be had for $900 new.

The components on the stock build up are:

100% Surly 4130 chromoly steel frame and fork, with butted main triangle tubes and a nice lugged/brazed fork
Ritchey Logic Comp threadless headset
Kalloy 1 1/8" threadless stem
Zoom aluminum handlebars with cork wrap
Tektro R200A levers and Oryx cantilever brakes for powerful braking under load
Shimano 9speed bar-end shifters
Shimano Tiagra front derailleur, Shimano XT rear
Sugino XD600 triple crank with 26/36/48 rings, Shimano UN53 bottom bracket
Pedals not included
Kalloy seatpost with Surly constrictor clamp
Velo Endzone saddle
Wide-range Deore cassette with 11-34 teeth
Alex Adventurer 36h rims, laced to Shimano XT hubs with sturdy 14G DT Swiss stainless spokes
WTB Slickasaurus tires with presta tubes

For a Surly build with that many miles, I would probably pay up to about $700. However, it has different bars, and may have different components. The cost for a Crosscheck is similar, and I paid just under a thousand for mine on ebay slightly used. HOWEVER, it had better cranks, shifters, derailleurs, wheels, a generator hub, bars, etc...It was at least a $1500 build up.

One more thing - unless they've advertised that one elsewhere, they likely won't get too many hits since you don't find it if you search for Surly....

Regina, what are you gonna do with another bike, hmmmm?? It is cool, though. I like the bars.

Surly's seem pretty nifty and I've been toying with looking at a Crosscheck, if and when my cat stops making vet visits and lets me re-coup the cash I had set aside for my new bike...

I absolutely love my cross check! It's the bike I ride most often, and it's truly very comfortable. Most of my riding on it has been road....it doesn't mind:)

What kind of bars are those? Is that mustache bars? It looks like a really nice bike. Go check it out. You can always offer less.

mmmmm, Surly....

mmmmm, moustache bars.

(I've been thinking about putting moustache bars on my Surly CC. Cuz I just *can't* leave well enough alone... sigh.)

Really liked riding Trek's mixte with the moustache bars, very comfy cruisin' and commutin' bars.

I'd offer $600-$700 and see what they say.

Sigh.
Well, it's all very pointless if they don't respond to my email about it! :rolleyes: