Bought a new Frame Today(Bike) for trip

I ordered my frame today(yesterday)

It's a Surly Long Haul trucker in Blue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/trdcamry2003/Second%20Album/whats_7.jpg

And I got a Chris King Headset :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/trdcamry2003/Second%20Album/2209-3548-main-nothread-123.jpg

The frame get's here in 5 days and I'll have the bike shop install the headset and I'll do the rest, except for maybe the bottom bracket.

This is kind of what it looks like fully loaded with Panniers and all.

http://surlyville.net/rides/rholeman-10.jpg


So far this is what I've got picked out.

Frame/Fork/Racks-Surly Long Haul trucker Blue/Blue/Black
Headset-Chris King Black
Crankset-Shimano Deore XT FC-M760-Silver
Cassette-Shimano XT-Silver
Hubs-Shimano XT-Black
Spokes DT Swiss DT Super Comp Butted-Black
Nipples-DT Swiss Pro Lock Brass-Black
Rims-DT Swiss TK 7.1 Trekking
Rear derailleur-Shimano XT
Front derailleur-Shimano LX
Shifters/Brakes-Not sure yet...suggestions?
Seat-Brooks B17
Seatpost and Stem, Thomson Elite of course
Tires-Schwalbe Marathon Supreme
handlebar-Salsa Motoace Bell Lap 54


In case you haven't read about it, I'm taking a year off to do a perimeter tour of the U.S.

About 11,600 miles, give or take a few hundred miles.

Here's the thread about it.

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t170383.html

http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/network.cfm

why not go for a suspension fork?

Nice setup man! Good luck on your tour :waytogo:

that's a sick setup man....good luck on that ride/tour!

you should buy a helmet cam..haha

is this the best time to do it...I mean you realize its winter time over here in the upper east. and it stays pretty damn cold till around mid april

Crazy set up!! what bike shop do you go to?

why not go for a suspension fork?

Not needed. I'll be mostly on roads and it can handle dirt roads and gravel roads just fine. Suspension would just be extra weight not being used.

This is a touring road bike not a mountain bike.

Nice setup man! Good luck on your tour :waytogo:

Thanks

that's a sick setup man....good luck on that ride/tour!

you should buy a helmet cam..haha

lol, I should. I'll defintiely be taking alot of pictures.

is this the best time to do it...I mean you realize its winter time over here in the upper east. and it stays pretty damn cold till around mid april

By the time I get to the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest it will be Summer and Fall.

It'll take three months to get to Florida via the Southern Route, I start at the end of January. I'll stay a month in Florida and then get to NY around July.

Sounds like an epic ride, good luck to you sir.

I would love to have a Chris King headset on my road bike, but that costs serious $$$. Good luck man. :waytogo: