Originally Posted by pbass

<br />Yep, I agree! At the time I ordered mine, I was kind of a noob about that stuff--I'm not sure if it came from Surly with the steerer cut, or if the shop did it. I didn't come to understand the significance of it until later!
The shop also, IMHO, advised me on the wrong size for me as well, so after wrestling with it for a couple years feeling too stretched out, I traded frames for the next size down with another guy who wanted to go up in size (same color too). Sadly both of ours had the steerers already cut so nothing changed there. I ended up with a better reach for me for sure, but still limited as to how high I can get the bars.