This post reflects life on the road with my Surly Long Haul Trucker (LHT). The bike itself and its build, specification, modification along with links to other resources is discussed here.
The purpose of this post is to summarise the maintenance and repair history of the LHT. It will be updated as time in the saddle warrants.
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Date
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Kilometres / Miles
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Summary
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| July 1, 2009 |
2,723.5 km / 1,692 mi |
Second puncture in the front for the Continental Travel Contacts. Large piece of glass was the culprit. |
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June 28, 2009
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2,621 / 1,628
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First 500 km / 310 mi Winter Service
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June 26, 2009
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2,621/ 1,628
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Puncture in the front. Second puncture for the Continental Travel Contacts. Cause was a piece of glass.
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June 17, 2009
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2,138 / 1,328
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Puncture in the rear. First puncture for the Continental Travel Contacts. Cause was a very small piece of wire.
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June 14, 2009
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1,966 / 1,122
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Free service at Churchill Cycles – Adjust gears and brakes, clean and lube chain
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May 8, 2009
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1,091 / 678
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Standard 1,000 km summer service.
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May 3, 2009
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900 / 559
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Installed a set of aero bars to try out (now removed)
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April 19, 2009
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343 /213
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Fitted accessories (see below)
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April 4, 2009
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0 km
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Fitted accessories (see below)
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May 3, 2009 – 900 kilometres (559 miles) - Fitted a set of aero (tri) bars which have been lent to me try on Sir Lancelot to see how he now feels riding into the wind. I found the Garmin Edge 305 fits okay with the bars but have had to move the Fenix L2D lights around. May need to move these again if I make this a standard set-up. After about a month I removed the aero-bars. Just didn’t find them working for me.
April 19, 2009 – 343 kilometres (213 miles) – Dressed up the Surly with a few accessories. Photos of the changes can be found in the Surly Long Haul Trucker photo gallery.
- Fitted a pair of Universal Bicycle Swivel Mounts to hold the Fenix L2D headlights. Discussion of the mounts can be found here.
- Fitted a set of SKS Chromoplastic 50mm silver mudguards. Not as simple an installation as I expected and some fine tuning is still need.
- Installed a Topeak Turbo Morph With Gauge pump. I have mounted this using the bidon braze ons below the down-tube. Will see how this goes in terms of road grunge etc.
- Installed a Tubus Cargo (silver) rear rack.
- Changed the mounting of the Smart SuperFlash rear tail light. It is now fitted alongside a second SuperFlash to the rear of the Tubus Cargo rack.
- Installed my Avenir top bag to the Tubus Cargo. Not convinced this is the best option but will see how it goes.
April 4, 2009 – 0 kilometres (0 miles) – Picked up the Long Haul Trucker from Churchill Cycles in its naked standard configuration.
- Fitted stem mount and cadence/speed sensor for the Garmin Edge 305 GPSr/bike computer. I had to remove the two spare spokes to allow for installation of the cadence/speed sensor;
- Fitted a Zefal Spy Mirror;
- Fitted a Smart SuperFlash rear tail light to the left hand seat stay;
- Temporarily fitted water bottle holders and pump mount taken from my Giant CRX 1.
Tags: Avenir,Bicycle maintenance,Continental,Road touring,SKS,Surly Long Haul Trucker,Topeak,Tubus
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