Bicycle Quarterly Gorilla Monsoon

It s really similar to another bike that mostly rhymes with fedora.

Bicycle quarterly gorilla monsoon. The frame s additional electrophoretic deposition coating added outdoor security from rust. A sweet beast designed to handle on or off road shredding bikecamping short duration dirt touring and the pursuit of good times the gorilla monsoon is ready to rocket cross racers and backcountry explorers through mountain trails mayhem and everything in between. The gorilla monsoon can fit 650b or 700c wheels and tirescourtesy. The gorilla monsoon frameset is built from 612 select steel tubing all city s standard 4130 chromoly tubeset that is used for most of their daily use touring models.

I ll leave you to figure out what that would look like. The all city gorilla monsoon comes with 27 5 x 2 4 mountain bike tyres that are paired to rims with an inner width of 25mm. These are essentially perfect for a mix of off road singletrack riding and hardpack dirt roads. To complement its lizard like paint scheme logan built his new 2019 gorilla monsoon to tackle the southwestern deserts east coast gravel and everything in between.

2019 all city gorilla monsoon first ride bq 66 2019 masi. Hot on the heels of the release of surly s midnight special all city cycles has launched the gorilla monsoon a drop bar bike. Handling was very stable but not twitchy. Bicycle quarterly s tests go far beyond those of other magazines.

Additionally a second tester rides the bike and reports his impressions. Highlights include thesis carbon wheels wide enve drop bars and 2 35 semi slick tires fit for sandy dirt roads. Let s start with the wheels and tyres. Here s the low down on the ac gm.

The gorilla monsoon really is the definition of an all purpose bike easily covering owners commuting bikepacking long distance touring and singletrack needs. The new 2019 all city gorilla monsoon was just announced. All city built the gorilla monsoon frameset around the unbeatable airplane spin which gorilla gino monsoon had perfected while practicing nude ballet in a river in manchuria. Fast forward to this fall and i found myself in denver so i couldn t resist taking a look at his monsoon set up decked out with a sweet set of quilted bags a pizza rack bag and a few other bits and bobs.

We ride every bike for several weeks over at least 300 km 185 miles really getting used to the bike as an owner would. The 2018 all city gorilla monsoon light touring bike.