Surly Krampus: Holy Mackrel! It’s 29+!

I’m kind of impressed that they managed to keep the 135mm hub spacing with room for a 3″ tire, cassette, and disc brake. Want to try one for sure.

nice kickstand, is that aftermarket?

I don’t quite understand why some people brand anything outside their 1.95″-2.40″ tunnel vision as weird, extreme or nothing other than just a cool niche product for people with many bikes.
It’s like roadies living in their 23-25mm matrix.

You can’t know if the existing popular tyre sizes are really “the best” if you haven’t tried anything else, can you?

I run 29″ 2.40 tyres (Ardents and Racing Ralphs for events) on 47mm wide rims (12-18PSI) which to many people is an “extreme, heavy and slow” OTT setup but they have a huge grip and traction, offer plenty of comfort and among people who I ride with there’s no faster rolling bike. I’d never go back to narrower tyres.

The fact that 3″ tyres are wider than something that you may be familiar with doesn’t mean that they are extreme, fat or weird or have to be used on snow or sand. They simply make perfect sense for allround riding at least on a fully rigid bike.

The reason why it’s a niche market is because people who THINK rather than follow are a minority.

Fadbikers ATTACK!

It’s good to know that the house brand of the US’s biggest bike parts distributor has so many independent spirits to defend them.

For all that, I do think that the bike looks fun- will it take a front derailleur?

I just finished riding a Krampus and I have to say I had an absolute blast. I really didn’t want to give it back. It is a totally different bike than a Puglsy. It’s fast and wants to be pushed hard, especially in the corners. Honestly, I could see crazies out there saying it could be their only bike, maybe not me but i could understand it. I would happily do a 2-3 hour ride on it. I only noticed the rotational weight on some steep sections but general trail blasting the weight wasn’t noticed.

Will I be getting one? Very likely so but I have a quiver of bikes and it would fit in well. It was just way too much fun.

looks like an anoying toeoverlap from far away dosn’t it?? Nice and style anyway!

BB shell is 73mm. Highly unlikely the dropouts are offset. I would guess that it’s not front derailleur compatible, or maybe just middle+big ring compatible.

I am thinking the 3.0 tire would be great on My Rigid 29er with White Bros Carbon Rigid fork. I have 2.4 Ardents on there now. Could this tire work on Crest rims, would rather not have to get new wheels. But could.

What I see is 3″ of friction friction friction that requires a chain-ring at the crank like a Biafran’s bangle.Unless you are gravity assisted and in cycling that equals at best only 50% of the equation, this creation is going to be harder work than it need be to keep rolling and should be called a “Kramp up” but there is one born every minute and in reading through the comments more than one.
Reinventing the wheel again and coming closer to a square with every sojourn. Surley also sell Hip flasks, for the “DownHiller” that likes to do it as tight as a cat jammed into a litre bottle on his ride to the Still, and have a cigarette packet pocket in their riding jerseys…. God love em.
But that said, they do make the most practical, useful and applicable to its criteria and finest riding bicycle known to man; the unbeatable LHT and DTs (DTs…is that a co-incidence?) a bicycle “everyone” should own at least on of.