Here it is: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...ity/transport/

And here's what I want to know: Why, if Trek went to all the trouble to duplicate the Surly Big Dummy, why oh why did they make it of ALUMINUM?

Sure, aluminum is cheap.

But if you have created a longtail and it is designed to be loaded up to the gills, for goodness sakes, why an aluminum frame?

Trek even made a version of their Faux Dummy with a Faux Stoke Monkey: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes...transportplus/ It's about what a Big Dummy would cost... but it's aluminum.

Surly Big Dummy: http://surlybikes.com/bikes/big_dummy_complete/ (on sale at xtracycle's site for about $500 less right now)
Stoke Monkey: http://clevercycles.com/products/stokemonkey/