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Merry Krampus Video Contest
To celebrate the holiday season this year we’re going to throw a big fat Video contest. The prize will be… No, not Thor jumping his bike in your living room... a KRAMPUS! Here are the rules: Theme:...
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Single Speeds Will Carry You To Glorious Times
It’s that time of year. There’s a nip in the air, the children are readying their scary Halloween costumes and you can hear the barf splashing onto the leaves that lay upon the ground in the forest....
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Humpty Dumpty?
Usual awesome bikes, in awesome places. Making me pine for the little shack in my backyard. Now with Ice Cream Trucks!
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I want my entire toothbrush thank you very much
Did you know it was ok to just pack a whole-lot-a stuff into bags and go camping on your bike? Weird huh? You can successfully pull a poop ton of stuff and still have a great ride. You don’t need...
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The wanderer
I enjoy riding my bike to bridges that I can drink a few beers under. I also like to bar hop by bike, ride on twisty fluid singletrack, and fly down the Kessel-Run in Fruita as well as ride my bike to...
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Little Red Riding Dump
I got nothing clever to say about the image dump this week. I suppose you could argue that I never have.... Ouch!
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Do you like to ride in the snow?
If you're like me you most likely like to ride in the snow. There are a lot of ski resorts and XC ski trail systems open and friendly to fat bikes. Largely due to events like The Fat Bike Summit that...
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Surly Winter Riding Jacket: Bloggomercial
The next piece of the Surly softgoods puzzle is our cold weather riding jacket. Here at Surly our philosophy around clothes is this: We want to make clothes that are comfortable all day clothes, that...
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PreThanksgiving Dumpage
Turkey Death Day is upon us, and with it, our last dump of the month. I'll take next week off from this because I'll be like a beached whale on the floor between my bathtub and toilet (a yearly...
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Cross-Check It’s What’s For Dinner
In the 8+ years I have been the brand manager for Surly, and in the 6+ years before that when I did international sales for Surly, I have never owned a Cross-Check. I have owned (and still do) a...
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Black Friday’s Dump on Pink Wednesday
The reason I call it "Pink" Wednesday is: Because I want to. Jerk! Pink is cool. Since it's not really winter yet, but here it really is. I chose a wintery theme this time around. As you can clearly...
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You Say It’s Not Winter Yet? I Say Get Bent!
I know that December is just starting and there’s lots of folks out there who say that winter has not yet begun, but to those people, I say… Shut the hell up. It’s winter enough. Even if it’s going to...
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Krampus Dump Video Contenst Mashup
This week I interrupt our regular Friday Dump Day, and dedicate this one to the Krampus! With a reminder, that we have a Krampus Video Competition going on right now. You can read all about that here:...
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Let’s Stop and Say What We’re Thankful For
At my house when I was a kid we used to start every Thanksgiving with each person at the table listing all the things that they’re thankful for. It’s something I think about every year at this time....
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Spare Parts
On my way to deer camp for opening day this year I had to make a last minute stop to pick up a few groceries. It was late Friday afternoon on November 7th. I walked into the Target store that was on...
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Holidays Give Me The Rage-Dumps
More cool bikes, more cool stuff, more places I wish I was. Such is life.
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Have you guys heard of the "Pug SS?" It's pretty cool because it's not very expensive and if you have some spare bike parts kicking around it's pretty easy to put gears on it and ride it that way. It's...
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DIRT WIZARDS!
Now that I’ve got your attention. Have you ridden a Krampus yet? If you haven’t you’re really missing out on a spectacular ride. When I had first heard about the Krampus a few years ago I’ve got to...
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All Quiet on the Western Dump
With all the cold and the holidays and the long nights and short days and the eggnog and the mulled wine and the alcoholic drunken family arguments and the music and the bell ringing and people saying...
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