Kona Dew DL vs Surly Disc Trucker 700c
Both published charts held against each other, on the specs that decide what the bike carries.
The short answer
The Dew DL takes price; the Disc Trucker 700c takes the rack path and fork cargo mounts. Which matters more is your route, not a scoreboard.
Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them, so it cannot drift from the table. Every figure is the manufacturer's; nobody here has ridden either bike.
Where they differ
3 of the 5 things we can compare come out differently. The rest are close enough not to decide anything.
Rear rack
Disc Trucker 700c is the one you can bolt a rack to without hunting for partsRead from each maker's own mount wording. An adapter is a real cost the price tag does not mention, and 'not published' is not the same as no — it just is not something to buy a rack on.
Fork cargo mounts
only the Disc Trucker 700c publishes somewhere to bolt a cageCage mounts on the fork blades. This moves weight low and off the bars, which is where a heavy bar roll does the most to the steering.
From
$900.99 between themManufacturer's cheapest complete build. Every spec above belongs to the frame and does not change between builds of the same model, so the cheapest build of the right frame is usually the right answer.
Side by side
Including the rows where the two are level, because a spec that doesn't separate them is still a spec you might be checking.
| Kona Dew DL | Surly Disc Trucker 700c | |
|---|---|---|
| Frame bag space | 1894 cm² | 1933 cm² |
| Rear rack | Not published | Bolts straight on |
| Fork cargo mounts | None published | Published |
| Chainstay | 450mm | 450mm |
| From | $899 | $1,799.99 |
| Sizes | 4 | 5 |
| Frame | Kona 6061 Aluminum Butted | 4130 Chromoly steel |
Drawn to scale
Largest published size of each, built from the charts rather than illustrated. The front triangle is the part that decides frame bag fit.
