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    Default New Surly fat bike - "Ice Cream Truck"


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    Press fit bottom brackets suck.

    Other than that, I will wait patiently until more information is available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jJohnson View Post
    Press fit bottom brackets suck.
    My thoughts exactly. Especially for a bike that is going to see foul conditions (STOMPIN')

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vittetoe761 View Post
    My thoughts exactly. Especially for a bike that is going to see foul conditions (STOMPIN')
    I would install adapters to get around the PF BB.

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    the pressfit BB is throwing me off as well....

    BUT, I haven't had any experience with a pressfit. I'm coming from the perspective of "my external BBs have worked great, why do I need a 'new' standard now?"

    Kind of along these lines: "my 9mm QRs worked great, why do I need a 'new' 15mm thru-axle?" so maybe there's something to it.

    Of course, you're gonna hear more about the pressfit BBs causing problems than the ones that work perfectly as designed.

    All that said, I'm really liking what Surly has going on with this bike......
    "ya, well...that's like...your...opinion. man."

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimithng23 View Post
    the pressfit BB is throwing me off as well....

    BUT, I haven't had any experience with a pressfit. I'm coming from the perspective of "my external BBs have worked great, why do I need a 'new' standard now?"

    Kind of along these lines: "my 9mm QRs worked great, why do I need a 'new' 15mm thru-axle?" so maybe there's something to it.

    Of course, you're gonna hear more about the pressfit BBs causing problems than the ones that work perfectly as designed.

    All that said, I'm really liking what Surly has going on with this bike......
    Press Fitt BBs have been around since the Klein days, or before. There's merit for them in race bikes and road bikes where they allow for a bigger, stiffer bottom bracket and they're lighter. They require a few more tools to install and remove. They're also a pretty good pain in the butt to install/remove.

    But I can easily overlook the bottom bracket.

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    http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/take_a_look

    More on the Ice Cream Truck, plus info about other new Surly bikes:

    -Karate Monkey Ops
    -Pugsley Single Speed
    -Krampus Ops
    Last edited by shitbiscuit; 02-24-2014 at 03:37 PM.

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    Something is wrong with my link above. Try this:
    http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/take_a_look

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    front hub is 150mm... prepped for the RockShox Bluto fork. kudos, Surly.
    "ya, well...that's like...your...opinion. man."

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