**_"I stand by my second part, in saying the Krampus is very much overdue for some geometry tweaks that would make it a better mountain bike (for everywhere) without taking away from anything else it does well."_**
Sure. My comments are about my 2013 OG Krampus and how I use it. So I'm not thinking about changing the geo/adding thru-axles/internal dropper routing/etc... as that would be a different bike. It would be pretty rare for a ~10 year old bike to not to benefit from updates, but then it's not a ~10 year old bike anymore. So that's an odd criticism. My point was despite it being an older bike it keeps getting ridden and that I have sold other bikes that theoretically were "better" and kept the OG Krampus. I have talked to quite a few other OG Krampus owners who feel the same way.
There is a reason I don't own a copy of the current Krampus. Every time I go to buy a modern hardtail frame there are better options for what I want to use it for.
Maybe I misunderstood your article, but I thought we were talking about riding older bikes not critiquing Surly's 2022 line up.
March 14, 2022, 10:47 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
**_"I stand by my second part, in saying the Krampus is very much overdue for some geometry tweaks that would make it a better mountain bike (for everywhere) without taking away from anything else it does well."_** Sure. My comments are about my 2013 OG Krampus and how I use it. So I'm not thinking about changing the geo/adding thru-axles/internal dropper routing/etc... as that would be a different bike. It would be pretty rare for a ~10 year old bike to not to benefit from updates, but then it's not a ~10 year old bike anymore. So that's an odd criticism. My point was despite it being an older bike it keeps getting ridden and that I have sold other bikes that theoretically were "better" and kept the OG Krampus. I have talked to quite a few other OG Krampus owners who feel the same way. There is a reason I don't own a copy of the current Krampus. Every time I go to buy a modern hardtail frame there are better options for what I want to use it for. Maybe I misunderstood your article, but I thought we were talking about riding older bikes not critiquing Surly's 2022 line up.