hmm. I'd been eyeing up one of the new 27.5+ Surly Karate Monkeys, with the intention of being able to swap in a suspension fork and a pair of 29" wheels as and when the mood took me - 27.5+ and bouncy forks for trails with my 8 year old, 29" wheels for the bikepacking I keep promising myself that I'll do. That looks like quite an expensive option compared to the Pine Mountain, being as the KM comes with rigid forks (completes are they're at $1500 USD now). Am I missing something? Is the KM frame that much better? Components appear to be pretty much equivalent quality..
Sept. 22, 2017, 3:55 p.m. - mjl1972
hmm. I'd been eyeing up one of the new 27.5+ Surly Karate Monkeys, with the intention of being able to swap in a suspension fork and a pair of 29" wheels as and when the mood took me - 27.5+ and bouncy forks for trails with my 8 year old, 29" wheels for the bikepacking I keep promising myself that I'll do. That looks like quite an expensive option compared to the Pine Mountain, being as the KM comes with rigid forks (completes are they're at $1500 USD now). Am I missing something? Is the KM frame that much better? Components appear to be pretty much equivalent quality..