I had a nice LHT with 26" wheels, and the idiot inside me came out and made me sell it. Since then, I now have a Troll and an ECR. The ECR is a beast on anything non-paved, and the Troll fills in nicely for paved and light offroad. I love them both, but they are slow. My next endeavor is to build a 700c Disc trucker, or perhaps an Ogre. I have a Specialized Diverge that would be absolutely perfect as a touring bike, but it simply does not have all of the bits and bobs for attaching racks, fenders, cages, etc, that the Surly bikes have.