{"id":146213,"date":"2023-10-28T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=146213"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:34:53","slug":"my-surly-ver-2","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/my-surly-ver-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MY SURLY Ver.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, this is a follow up report about My first SURLY debuted in April.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross-check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/52805830972\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52805830972_98cf8a9456_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross-check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The Cross-Check I built specifically for city rides has been outstanding and I have been really enjoying to ride it, sometimes I even ride it 7days a week.<\/p>\n<p>Not only riding but I also enjoy customizing the bike so I would like to write about it today.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184292330\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184292330_bae6fcd48c_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The 2nd version is like this.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184292260\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184292260_6dd5e01439_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145936\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a0e75fc67bedf97bfc44af8ab82767f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a0e75fc67bedf97bfc44af8ab82767f.png 1260w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a0e75fc67bedf97bfc44af8ab82767f-602x480.png 602w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a0e75fc67bedf97bfc44af8ab82767f-900x717.png 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/6a0e75fc67bedf97bfc44af8ab82767f-986x786.png 986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This oldies style handle bars was an inspiration of the build because its short width and the uprise shape was ideal to me.<\/p>\n<p>I have been in a mood for narrower handle bars as a counter of the wide one&#8217;s popularity.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184088711\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184088711_1547823d2b_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184088741\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184088741_7752aec848_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184292320\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184292320_3ff8c731fa_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184461403\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184461403_a46609eabe_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I installed rear dynamo light as well while it only had the front one before. I matched <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/schmidt-rear-light-seatpost-mount-black.html\">SON<\/a>&#8216;s ones up both for front and rear.<\/p>\n<p>I guess there are quite a few people just using dynamo light for front and reflector for rear. Although rear dynamo light could be an essential if you don&#8217;t mind about cords goes from front to rear.<\/p>\n<p>I actually don&#8217;t feel the convenience of the rear light by myself because it&#8217;s a tail lamp and I can&#8217;t see it while riding. Though I\u00a0assume it&#8217;s contributing safeness for the cars and bikes behind me.<\/p>\n<p>It costs around extra $100 so it&#8217;s not a big hassle to install. The typical resistance to pedal with dynamo hub doesn&#8217;t happen with SON&#8217;s ones (IMO), so you don&#8217;t have to worry about it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184088666\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184088666_64c68e20d9_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184464713\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184464713_66a45ac36f_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184088656\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184088656_6b6b576c18_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53183378702\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53183378702_622f104935_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0It&#8217;s a single speed and I don&#8217;t think there will be any problem with it if you cycle around within 10km radius.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/event.1242.com\/events\/audreyann_in_tokyodome\/\">tough guy<\/a> cycled from Yoyogi Park to Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture with his single speed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184088686\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184088686_f551f0a77e_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0It&#8217;s been a while to use a WHITE INDUSTRIES crank for my own bike since I have been riding Rivendells for a long time. A bit weird combination of a VBC crank arm and an ENO chain ring because I might be gearing or front doubling\u00a0 the bike later on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146018\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac6c856df3a6e943403b8ea39586279c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac6c856df3a6e943403b8ea39586279c.png 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac6c856df3a6e943403b8ea39586279c-509x480.png 509w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac6c856df3a6e943403b8ea39586279c-900x848.png 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac6c856df3a6e943403b8ea39586279c-834x786.png 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actually my personal best custom this time is <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/mks-sylvan-gordito-pedal-black.html\">SYLVAN GORDITO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like a chubby SYLVAN TOURING and its charm point is the wider plat form which you can pedal well even if you just put your feet on them randomly.<\/p>\n<p>There are lot of plastic wide flat pedals. Otherwise even if it&#8217;s alminium, it usually has spikes. The problem is that you don&#8217;t want to wear leather shoes when you cycle these pedals but GORDITO made it possible.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53183378842\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53183378842_74e181295d_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53184461458\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53184461458_c65478ae6c_b.jpg\" alt=\"*SURLY* cross check (50)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The update version Cross-Check.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamo lights made the bike even more useful and the WHITE IND crank satisfied my desire. Although I&#8217;m still not deciding the best handle bars for it yet, the 2nd version update is completed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\uff1d\uff1dChit Chat\uff1d\uff1d<\/p>\n<p>Let me write about the desires I have for CROSS-CHECK.<\/p>\n<p>The more I love this bike as I ride it 7days a week the more I feel that I want to ride it for my non-daily situations such as the rides I go. Basically while I expand my want from this bike, I feel its limit as a 700C rim brake bike more and it&#8217;s simply a paradox.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why do I feel the inconvenience because I love it! Didn&#8217;t I just want to ride it in the city? What should I do!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then while I was collecting CROSS-CHECKS all over the world, I remembered there is an ex-CROSS CHECKER familiar to us.<\/p>\n<p>Here comes Mat, CRUST BIKE&#8217;S boss&#8217;s CROSS CHECK.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"surly cross check\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bicyclerust\/7536974856\/in\/photolist-cu1Y3m-drSezR-rhWjgJ-cN4W2j-dTLsS1\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8021\/7536974856_2bfded407f_b.jpg\" alt=\"surly cross check\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0His &#8220;custom&#8221; is getting intense enough to modify the frame itself to fit to the hard riding style he used to do. Disc brakes for both wheels&#8230; Honestly I can understand your feeling, Mat&#8230; It&#8217;s swapped to a slide-end and internal hub as well. Well 700C tires were still here until this time but,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"driveside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bicyclerust\/14958411739\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3884\/14958411739_a6479978bb_b.jpg\" alt=\"driveside\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0Look at this set-up for his trip to Himalaya.<\/p>\n<p>This is the exact moment when the devilish-modified CROSS-CHECK with asymmetric sized wheels was born. I&#8217;m almost tempted to make my bike like this even though I won&#8217;t go to Himalaya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This devilish C\u00d7C seems like an inspiration of Crust&#8217;s EVASION.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_4878\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bicyclerust\/21342185835\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5650\/21342185835_1460b6e700_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4878\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_4786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bicyclerust\/21342204415\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/772\/21342204415_d759b34cb7_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4786\" width=\"1024\" height=\"882\" \/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=evasion\">EVASION<\/a>, the satanic touring bike of CRUST&#8217;S is made from Mat&#8217;s experiences and ideas after he rode the CROSS-CHECK so hard. I&#8217;m having a hard time because I found an unexpected new way for fun rides while I want to ride CROSS-CHECK more.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway that&#8217;s a wrap for today. I&#8217;ll write again when I updated my Surly. 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