Surly Long Haul Trucker

I wanted trekking or butterfly handlebars from the start, but couldn't find any in stock when I bought the bike. Finally, after 6,500 miles I finally installed some.

So far, I find them more comfortable than either drop bars or
straight bars.

Just turned over 9,000 miles on the LHT and still think it's the most comfortable ride I ever had.

Modifications since purchase:
1. Put on smaller granny gear ... to 24/36/48 from 26/36/48. It does make a difference.
2. Put on a
stem raiser.
3. It went through two cycles with the handle bars, First step was to replace the drop bars with flat bars and bar ends, then replaced the flat bars with trekking bars. The change to flat bars required new brake
levers, moving the bar end shifters to Paul's Thumbies on the handle bars. When moving from the flats to trekking bars, I installed a longer stem. The present setup is very comfortable.
4. After about 100 miles, the original WTB
Slickasarus tires were replaced with Continental Travel Contacts. The Contis have been on the bike ever since. I like the Contis because they're flat resistant and roll very well.
5. The saddle was replaced because a rail on the
original broke at about 7,000 mi.
6. Replaced the Sram 9 speed chain after about 7,200 miles.

The current photo shows the bike with trekking bars. The rear panniers were upgraded to Arkel GT54s ... like I need to carry more
stuff.