We built this Surly ECR for a customer in Mount Pleasant, SC who is bikepacking through
the backcountry of Colorado this summer and planning a future tour along the
Rhine River in Germany. He has toured extensively through Europe in the past but
was considering a new Rohloff SPEEDHUB-equipped touring rig to make his future
adventures as enjoyable as possible. He had been comparing a number of 29er
frames before the ECR was released last year, including Surly's Ogre model. He was drawn to the larger volume tires of the 29+ platform, but the Krampus frame didn't have the right geometry and mounting points he wanted. Once the ECR became available his decision was pretty easy, and he contacted us to put together this bikepacking-specific ECR with some unique
modifications and a custom paint job.
