Originally Posted by
pdlamb
I think you've got that backward; I think REI was selling the Randonee (1.1 before the Great Relabeling) long before Surly came out with the Trucker.
Just MHO, but the LHT and the Randonee handle very similarly; the Fuji is a bit sportier unloaded.
If you put a LHT and an older Randonee together you would gave a very hard time pointing out differences. I think the forks were identical, and I'd bet a beer they were made in the same factory.