Bicycle Travel > Gear Talk
Surly Disc Trucker v. LHT
Dr. John:
Looking at pictures of the disc trucker fork, it appears that the left fork should be stiffer than the right fork as one might expect. I am wondering if any owners of disc truckers have had any problems with a tendency to turn to the right? If you have a disc trucker are you limited to circular tours or can you do a point-to-point tour? Perhap if you wanted to do a tour in a counter-clockwise direction you could find a custom frame-builder to design a fork for you for maybe $500 with the disc caliper mounted to the right fork, thus making it easier to turn left (or you could put that $500 into your tour). I'll have to talk to my mechanical engineering friends about it. Seriously though, has anyone mounted a Tubus Tara rack to the disc trucker fork and fenders with normal stays? I have a trucker deluxe, with which I tour and commute 200 miles/week sometimes loaded with 40 lbs. of most likely very unbalanced groceries with no problems other than when I went through snow and didn't realize that ice had accumulated on my rims - slowed down my stopping a bit. Thought I might switch to a disc up front, but only if it is not too much a hassle. I don't really see the need for a rear disc brake as I can lock up the rear wheel with a caliper brake just fine.
DwarvenChef:
4 mo's ago I picked up a DT, upgrading from a Trek 7100... Ya big upgrade :p I don't have a front rack yet but carry a bit of weight up front daily and have not had trouble with pulling to the right yet.
I stopped driving a year ago for health reasons and really have no intention to going back to the car untill I can't peddle anylonger :p I use a BOB and rear paniers for shopping and all so while I have not put out very long rides, just local overnights, I have clocked 2k miles already. But my area is farking flat land... I'll be moving to Santa Barbara soon and look forward to all my old stomping grounds :)
I have not seen or played with the LHT yet but I would like to just to feel the difference myself. I went with the DT because I have some long downhill rides planned and after seeing a bike blow out on 154 due to rim fatigue... Ya I just feel better with the disc breaks :)
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