42 cm surly pacer road bike

[Cataboo]

This bike is a little short in the top tube for me, so it's time for me to pass it to someone that it fits better. Asking $700 + shipping costs.

Custom Built Surly Pacer flat bar road bike. Great urban commuter, urban warrior, and road bike. It's a small 42 cm frame, so it will probably fit people around 4'10 to 5'3. The steel frame & fork is a very comfortable ride which sucks up the bumps. It's a triple with a large rear cassette, giving you plenty of gears to get you up the steepest hills.

This bike has been built with high quality components. It's currently built up as a flat bar road bike, but if you prefer, I can switch it to a drop bar road bike using new tektkro short reach brake levers, ultegra/105 level bar end shifters, 40 or 42 cm aluminum drop bars, and a 9 speed rear cassette.

Cane creek S8 headset
Shimano XTR 8 speed shifters
New Shimano Tiagra Front Derailleur
Shimano Tiagra Brakes
Shimano 105 rear derailleur
New Truvativ Elita Cranks 170 mm for the shorter rider, triple.
Specialized flat bar handlebar with Zertz technology to dampen road vibrations
New Hutchinson Equinox kevlar tires 700x23 (if you prefer, I have new 700x32 hutchinson city tires that can go on)
New BBB stem (if you happen to need a different length reach and I have a suitable stem, I can possibly swap that to something that fits better)

The surly decals have been removed from the frame, but the surly headbadge is still on it. Flame decals are on the side of the fork, but those can be removed.

This bike sells for $1179 new at REI built up with worse components:
http://www.rei.com/product/806827

Here's Surly's Blurb on the Pacer & it's geometry
http://www.surlybikes.com/frames/pacer_frame/

[Tri Girl]

DADNABBIT!!!!!!

Just last week I bought an old steel Bianchi frame to build from scratch because I'd given up finding a good steel bike to buy (I really wanted a Surly, but didn't want to pay full price). I've been looking for 6 months with no luck.
Dang!

I know you'll find a good owner. It is a GORGEOUS bike, and that price is amazing!!!! I'm going to wind up spending much more than that to build my bike with worse parts.

[Cataboo]

Oh, oops! I've been thinking about listing it for a while, but decided to try craigslist first - I guess I should have been faster. Or maybe you need two steel rides

I swapped the cranks I'd been using & the front derailleur, and a few other pieces off for "Big Red" - so the cranks on this, and a few other pieces of the drive train are new.

[Selkie]

How long is the top tube (virtual)?

[emily_in_nc]

DADNABBIT!!!!!!

Just last week I bought an old steel Bianchi frame to build from scratch because I'd given up finding a good steel bike to buy (I really wanted a Surly, but didn't want to pay full price). I've been looking for 6 months with no luck.
Dang!

I know you'll find a good owner. It is a GORGEOUS bike, and that price is amazing!!!! I'm going to wind up spending much more than that to build my bike with worse parts.

Sounds like you need to buy this Surly and sell the Bianchi frame!

[OakLeaf]

dam .... wrong time of year, would want to swap the cranks for 165s ...

Pretty bike and the frame's probably a good fit for me. If this were April or May I'd be all over it. It'll be in the back of my head if nobody jumps on it right away.

[Cataboo]

The virtual top tube is 491.5 mm - I was running a 130 mm stem on it, which was just wrong. I think the BBB on it now is a 110 mm stem (but I have lots of stems, if you knows what size you need, if I have the right length, I'll switch it to that. )

dam .... wrong time of year, would want to swap the cranks for 165s ...

Pretty bike and the frame's probably a good fit for me. If this were April or May I'd be all over it. It'll be in the back of my head if nobody jumps on it right away.

The cranks I swapped off were 165s (again,truvativ elitas)

I can swap them back on - I doubt the 165s have much wear on them, because this was my ride 1 mile to work or 5 miles to the library or 2 blocks to the grocery store on the way back from work. Then I got a kindle and stopped going to the library (which was good, 'cause they ended up having issues with bed bugs in return library books) and then I decided the surly was a little nice to ride a mile or so, and just got a beater bike... So this bike has had about 70 miles put on it in the last year.

The newest creation was going to get the 165's but because of chainstay clearance (apparently, putting road cranks on a mountain bike frame doesn't work) it couldn't happen - so I can pop them back on. I'm at the point where I have 3 sets of precious 165mm cranks that are being hoarded in boxes, so you might actually save me from myself - only 2 pairs of hoarded cranks is almost reasonable, 3 is just nutty.

[Cataboo]

Choice of rear cassettes as well - I had an 11 to 32 or 34 I used or an 11-23.

The 11-23 had nice tight spaces between the gears and made it really easy to find a good gear - and had me using the front triple more. The 11 to 32 or whatever it was (mountain bike cassette) was better for hills, but on flats it could be a hunt for a comfortable gear.

[Tri Girl]

Sounds like you need to buy this Surly and sell the Bianchi frame!

I SERIOUSLY would, but I've, just acquired the wheelset, the groupo, cables, quill stem and all for the Bianchi. My hubs would MURDER me if I sold all that and bought the Surly now. I don't want to die...just yet. Not until I build up and ride my first steel bike, anyway.

I will just live with regret. I'm used to it.


I do hope you sell it. It really is a beautiful bike!!!!!!

[Crankin]

I know they can do the "surgery." I guess I'm just a little leery about buying something without testing it, even though I know it's an awesome bike at a great price.
I've made a lot of mistakes in buying my road bikes, so after ten years, I feel I am finally ready to be very "hands-on" with the process and actually know (at least a little) what I am talking about. I really made all of the mistakes I could have with bikes #1 and #2, as well as the one I have now (though this is solved). Well, I digress. I just think I need to work with a shop and try *a lot* of bikes before I plunk down the cash for my next purchase. Really, with everything I have learned from you guys, I feel very well prepared to deal with my next purchase.

[Cataboo]

Rack included if wanted. I had a problem fitting a rack because of how small the frame was, so we ended up bending the fittings of the rack a bit, and attaching it at the seat post clamp. It's not super pretty, but it's functional (old picture, so it does have some things on it that aren't currently on the bike)




I just have a junky saddle on it now (well, I am sure someone thinks it's fine, but I find it junky 'cause my bum hates it) - I figured anyone on here would have their own saddle preferences so I wouldn't try to put a nice one on it. But I think I might have an old terry butterfly somewhere.