Surly troll custom-built, (advice needed) is it worth it?

[macspud]

There is a 558M Thorn Catalyst for sale here:

https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=112954

A Thorn Catalyst is definately worth taking a look at. The Thorn Catalyst brochure can be found here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050331172232/http://www.sjscycles.com/thornpdf/ThornCatalystBroHiRes.pdf

[stevenalleyy]

Hey Mac spud. That bike looks friggin awesome. Although I would need to change the fork.... Seems like it would be a great tourer quite similar to the surly troll I'm looking at at the moment... Do you know how much they go for brand new?

[Paul S]

Hey Mac spud. That bike looks friggin awesome. Although I would need to change the fork.... Seems like it would be a great tourer quite similar to the surly troll I'm looking at at the moment... Do you know how much they go for brand new?

If you mean the Catalyst. There is NO new price. It has been out of manufacture for a considerable number of years. The same bike has been advertised here for a while............ Up to you.

Just my personal view but if I felt the need for a SUS fork for touring I would buy a Nomad.

[macspud]

I hadn't realised that it is advertised here as well: http://thorncyclesforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=12305.msg90697#msg90697

The Thorn Catalyst has been dropped from Thorns line up, along with their other models of mountain bike type tourers, Thorn is a niche brand known for road and expedition touring bikes, when they had a forage into mountain bikes they found it hard to compete pricewise with all the mass market mountin bikes in the market. Their margins were too tight to find a price point that would sell well and also be profitable, so they decided to drop out of that market and carry on with what they're known for.

All Thorn's mountain type bikes, Catalyst, Enduro, Sterling (Rohloff) and Ripio (derailleur) are well thought of but those who has owned or ridden them.

The 26" Thorn Mt Tura Mk2 Steel Fork - 80 / 100 mm Suspension Corrected fork would be good if you wanted a ridgid fork: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/forks/26-thorn-mt-tura-mk2-steel-fork-80-100-mm-suspension-corrected-matt-black/

I'd guess the new price for a Catalyst these days (if they were still made) would be £2500-3000

I would think from reading the ad that there may be some leeway in the price.

[lewis noble]

. . . and I have a Mt Tura fork which a buyer could use, making it more of a trail tourer than a mountain bike . . .

Likely to put it up on the forum after return from holiday in Italy . . . Working on a phone here . . .

Lewis

[Paul S]

........ If I did not feel the need for a sus fork for touring. I would buy a raven.