Sep

Best Bicycles-Surly Karate Monkey Complete Bike

BEST BICYCLES-SURLY KARATE MONKEY COMPLETE BIKE

Puzzled by the variety of components needed to assemble a complete 29′er? Surly takes the guesswork out with their new-for-09 Karate Monkey complete. It’s shipped as a singlespeed, but also features a derailleur hanger and full braze-ons, so you can easily go geared later if you like.

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100% Surly 4130 chromoly steel construction
Accepts 51mm IS Disc or rim brakes

COMPONENT SPECIFICATIONS

Ritchey Logic Comp 1 1/8″ threadless headset
Kalloy seatpost and stem; Surly “Torsion” bar – 666mm wide
Velo grips
Avid Speed Dial 7 levers with Avid BB7 disc brakes
Surly Mr. Whirly crankset w/33T ring, plus Salsa Ring Dinger guard
WTB SST saddle w/chromoly rails, Surly seatpost clamp
SRAM PC 870 chain, Shimano 18T freewheel
Surly “New” Disc hubs laced to Salsa Delgado rims, with 32, 14GA DT Swiss Champion spokes
WTB Exiwolf 29 x 2.3 tires

Note: Pedals are not included

GEOMETRY
	small	medium	large	x-large
ST (C-T) Inches mm	16.0 406.4	18.0 457.2	20.0 508.0	22.0 558.8
TT (C-C) Inches mm	21.7 552.0	22.6 574.5	23.4 594.5	24.2 614.3
TT (Effec.) Inches mm	22.7 576.6	23.6 600.6	24.3 617.5	24.9 633.6
HT Angle degrees	71.0°	71.5°	72.0°	72.0°
ST Angle degrees	73.0°	73.0°	73.0°	73.0°
BB Drop Inches mm	2.7 68.0	2.7 68.0	2.7 68.0	2.7 68.0
CS Length Inches mm	17.0 431.0	17.0 431.0	17.0 431.0	17.0 431.0
Wheel Base Inches mm	41.1 1044.9	41.9 1064.0	42.4 1076.1	43.0 1092.1
Front-Center Inches mm	24.5 623.0	25.3 642.0	25.7 654.0	26.4 670.0
S.O. Height** Inches mm	30.8 781.6	31.9 811.1	33.0 838.2	34.1 866.8
HT Length Inches mm	3.1 80.0	3.5 90.0	3.7 95.0	4.1 105.0
FK Length Inches mm	18.4 468.0	18.4 468.0	18.4 468.0	18.4 468.0
FK Rake Inches mm	1.7 43.0	1.7 43.0	1.7 43.0	1.7 43.0
Weight lbs.	5.16	5.34	5.56	5.69
** Standover height is based on a 29 x 2.1″ tire that measured 737mm in diameter