Bike Check: Most Outrageous Surly Karate Monkey!?

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Surly Karate Monkey bike check, build detail, and component review.
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Комментарии : 52

@gremo188 Месяц назад

Very Cool!

@MulksBikes Месяц назад

Thanks for watching!

@phentosz050 Год назад

Hello. I think your video was superb. The build is super playful and you explained everything about it very well. That kashima fork looks like a dream to ride. Im now 100% convinced on building up a karate monkey. Have a great day

@MulksBikes Год назад

Heck yeah! I'm so glad to hear you found it helpful! Thanks for letting me know and thanks for watching!👍

@jonmarshall1502 Год назад

Nice build, I love my KM

@MulksBikes Год назад

Same here!

@user-bo9lk6hs7k Год назад

Man thats a beautiful bike! Blends perfectly with that sunny afternoon summer picture.

@MulksBikes Год назад

I think so too! Thanks for watching👍

@crowncontrol3637 11 месяцев назад

this reminds me of my 20" black/gold/red bmx cruiser i had man, great color combo!

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

Had to do it 👍👍

@the_nondrive_side 11 месяцев назад

your first one gives me nostalgia about my Gary Fisher bikes 2008-2009.. xcaliber, paragon, rig.. all the white frames and parts with the Fox 32 and shaved beaver traps from 1664

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

Way cool! I've been considering an updated build video on my Straggler cause it's changed so much since this build.

@the_nondrive_side 11 месяцев назад

@@MulksBikes I've found a 2010 GF rig SS since.. lmfao $550 Toronto

@chrismccallum12 Год назад

Nice ride love the high life color scheme

@MulksBikes Год назад

Thanks 👍👍

@bisikleta1015 7 месяцев назад

Nice build. I have bikepacking KM that I plan to convert to trail bike for 2024, nice to know that 140mil suspension is acceptable ( manual says 100mm)

@MulksBikes 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching - I called Surly a dozen times over the years with those questions, they're always extremely helpful. It's spec'd at 140, you can also verify a lot of those details in the FAQ on their site. It's mentioned a half dozen times. It's been very helpful in all my builds. Good luck with your KM conversion - I'm sure it'll be sweet!

@TravelingThru222 Год назад

Looking fly in 2006. I lived in Denver 05-06. Mulks my boy, Yo.

@MulksBikes Год назад

🤙

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 11 месяцев назад

Dirty River, Ray's MTB, you're talkin' about my neighborhood. I'm 46, and I just ordered a BMX bike on Thursday. Hopefully I can resist the urge to go to Ray's, haha. The new Cliff's pump track is pretty fun though, btw. Nice Karate Monkey though.

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

Right?! That pump track is what gets me feeling overly confident lol what kind of BMX did you order? That's exciting 👍 thanks for watching!

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 11 месяцев назад

@@MulksBikes I went budget, but quality and got a Mongoose Legion L100. I've got an unridden Haro Lineage Sport that just decorates my guest room, but I don't want to mess that one up.

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

@@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy that'll be rad🤙 I plan to do some dirt jump bike videos soon, hopefully I can do a BMX too at some point

@bikevlogadventure3263 11 месяцев назад

WOW...! Ka Adventure😊

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

Right on🤟

@PudgyPedalPusher Год назад

Great video bud. Cages are SupaCaz

@MulksBikes Год назад

Supacaz!!!

@jc10747 Год назад

So what was the bad instructions on the brakes? Running the same on my XL KM, which was used as a gravel touring ride from Spain to Norway. Definitely KM or Krampus is a good choice for tall riders….its top tube is very long, a bit too long for me even with my 25” arms unless I use bars with a good degree of back sweep.

@MulksBikes Год назад

I was wrong in the video. I said "Shimano", it was Fox's error. The problem was that Fox had the incorrect information on their website (it was changed after Jon called and they confirmed they'd published it incorrectly) so we had the wrong size adapter on it initially. When the brake was applied it was only hitting part of the rotor, and one of the pistons got cocked sideways. Wouldn't retract no matter what was tried. We had to wait a week for the wrong adapter to show up and had the correct one in stock the entire time. Precisely why I had someone other than me build it 😅

@MulksBikes Год назад

Spain to Norway sounds rad!!🤙

@myfreakyvalentine Год назад

Nice build! I am curious as to why your mechanic had trouble with the XT brakes. They come ready to just trim the lines and install, pretty easy for an amateur, let alone a mechanic. Has he never installed brakes before? Was there a part missing or something?

@shakedown4769 Год назад

The problem was with Fox's shitty specs for the fork. A lot of forks have been going to 180 post mount and this was the just-released 34 for 2022, so I double-checked the spec and sure enough it was still 160 post mount. Ordered the appropriate adapter, threw it on there without a second thought, and started doing the partial bleed after shortening the hose. Long story short one of the pistons got cocked sideways because it WAS actually 180 post mount and just the bottom edge of the pad was touching the rotor. It wouldn't retract no matter what I tried so I bought Mulk a new caliper and then called Fox to bitch them out. They changed the specs on the website later that day. To add to the frustration, I remember it took something like a week to get what turned out to be the wrong adapter, and I had the right one in stock the whole time.

@MulksBikes Год назад

@@shakedown4769 Yeah, what he said 👆

@myfreakyvalentine Год назад

@@shakedown4769 Damn, that sounds like it was a pain in the ass. Good to see it worked out in the end.

@shakedown4769 Год назад

@@myfreakyvalentine I'll be generous with myself and say I had a 50/50 chance of catching it. If I'd had the wheel on first and then mounted the caliper, I would have obviously seen it sitting high. Instead, I installed the brake first and of course the wheel went right in, never even occurred to me to check clearance since I'd already done the legwork to figure out what was needed. All's well in the end though.

@TravelingThru222 Год назад

How do you feel about that 52?

@MulksBikes Год назад

Climbs walls! 🐐 with a 32t chainring it's something like a .6 gear ratio. Neat to have a bike with this type of range

@TravelingThru222 Год назад

@@MulksBikes Good to hear, Ive been thinking about changing the 50 to a 52 on my Specialized Epic.

@bisikleta1015 10 месяцев назад

What's the internal width of the rims?

@MulksBikes 10 месяцев назад

Eclypse DB736, 36mm inner width, 42mm outer width

@erikgrondin2253 9 месяцев назад

Why does it look like their is little to no drop in the top tube, but others look a little more aggressive with a little more drop. is it because it's xl and I've been looking at Ls or all with angle of the photo I'm just confused

@MulksBikes 9 месяцев назад

I'm assuming that's a question. The top tube doesn't drop on an XL frame like it does on the little frames. Logically the angles would be too obtuse for strength and still accomplish the required reach. If that's what you're asking. Thanks for watching!

@MulksBikes 9 месяцев назад

Is this a question? Thanks for watching!

@erikgrondin2253 9 месяцев назад

Has to be im 6 foot maybe 6 1 and my evil is a large and just got a large km and was thinking the pics made the top tube have more drop but it must be a different geo so you have more reach or something

@MulksBikes 9 месяцев назад

Exactly. I remember when I first got my initial KM in 2006, I was surprised at the geo, thought it looked like a road bike compared to the promo pics. They dont shoot the XL frame for the Surly Website @@erikgrondin2253

@erikgrondin2253 9 месяцев назад

@@MulksBikes let yah know in about 4 days if mine looks like the pics or more road bike cross over like because Mines a L

@albertoalveriomondillajr6067 11 месяцев назад

Good afternoonbro..,,,big shout out to TEAM.PADYAKI OF LUKBAN PROVINCE OF QUEZON BIKERS IM ALBERTO ALVERIO MONDILLA JROF MIRAMONTE LUKBAN PROVINCE OF QUEZON PHILIPPINES

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

🤙

@heavyload75 Год назад

Nope, the best + outtarageous KM has long reach rim brakes

@MulksBikes Год назад

Roger that! Thanks for watching👍

@HUKIT. 11 месяцев назад

I’m sorry but if a “mechanic” can’t figure out whether it’s 160 vs 180 post mount when installing brakes then they probably don’t have any business working on bikes, that’s ridiculous.

@MulksBikes 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! 👍