2024 Surly

Bridge Club Frameset

Affordable yet still very capable

Agile ride with a tubeset that’s stout enough to carry weight

Practical tire clearances, for a wide variety of wheel sizes

(Almost) all the braze-ons you’d expect from a Surly

Tubeless compatible rims (but not tires)

Excellent gear range for loaded touring and those new to bikepacking

Older, more established standards mean a secondary wheelset becomes eminently affordable

141mm wide rear hub is cup and cone, with no cheap options available for replacements (though there plenty of expensive ones)

Stock tires are relatively heavy and wire bead

Old fashioned bottom bracket system (though it should offer many miles of service)

Mechanical brakes are fiddly to adjust (but powerful)