Def Poetry Dump
Time she ticks The world she spins The Dump keeps dumping And all the while We move forward and adapt or stand still and take our chances On and on, until the end of the world Plus there's a bunch of...
View ArticleSurly 4130 Unholy Alliance Tour
Robert Clark Seger was a musical visionary. The man kept an inhuman touring schedule, all the while releasing albums that will go down in history as some of the best music ever recorded. "Bob" came...
View ArticleBy the Time You Read This Dump…
I'll be gone. True story. About the time this posts I'll be dragging my sorry ass out of bed and pouring myself into a moving truck and heading across the rockies. Be nice to the next one. Now for...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Mayhem
We felt it was time to visit Tri-City Bicycles in Rochester NH and throw down with all of the Surly hooligans lurking in those New England woods. We're not supposed to play favorites when it comes to...
View ArticleReal Cars Have Backseats
Did you hear that we make a 650b version of the Straggler? That’s right, we baked a new cake around 650b wheels: http://surlybikes.com/bikes/straggler_650b and we iced it with a 650b x 41 version of...
View ArticleThere’s a New Dump in Town
So, did you think the dumping would stop just because Gern is out frolicking in L.A.? HELL NO. I will be dumping all over on Fridays from now on. So sit back, crack your favorite beverage and enjoy...
View ArticleDon’t forget to breathe
Todays guest blog brought to you by the one and only Aaron D. As I type this, 17 days ago, I embarked on what would be my first solo demo voyage since starting at QBP in 2011. This tour, would...
View ArticleThe Dump Rolls On
Hello kids. Its that time of the week... dumpin' time. New York City Boise, Idaho Somewhere in the Midwest Some Random Western State Berlin, Germany Levis Mound Trail, Wisconsin Richmond,...
View ArticleDirt Burger 2015 : Bucketball is the Best
What is Dirt Burger? It's a quietly arranged meeting of the swollen minds down in Decorah, IA. And by meeting of the minds I mean beer drenched bike nerds talking about riding bikes in the woods. So...
View Article日本語を話しますか?
本当にそう願うよ。一度 Interbike で去年チャレンジしたけど、結局日本人ディーラーと代理店の友達を思い切り笑わせて終わったよ。みんながオレに「私はいたずらな女子高生です」とか言わせてたのと、オレの発音がおかしかったというのがその理由だったけど。 それはそれとして、僕たちサーリーはもっとたくさんの海外の仲間に知ってもらうための取り組みを行っていて、それを日本から始めることになりました。...
View ArticleYankee Doodle Dump
Here we are again on a long weekend. One of my favorite of the year. This weeks edition includes bikes from only 'merica! From sea to shining sea baby! Minneapolis, MN Mountain View, AK Bill at work....
View ArticleHave You Seen Steve’s Pants
The initial idea of this blog was to inform you of some new things we have in stock at our intergalactic regional warehouse. And while I intend to do just that I also want to tell the story of Steve's...
View ArticleNot all who wander are lost; not all who are homeless lack a home
As I sit here at my desk, unmotivated to work on anything I know I should be getting done, periodically and longingly gazing outside. I am filled with anxiety about my summer being booked solid and the...
View ArticleLet’s Go to the Dump
When I was a kid in the north woods, one of the past times was to hit the DQ and go to the dump to watch the bears forage. It may actually have been the location of my first PBR. And soooo no it is my...
View ArticleMessy Bench
I cleaned out the basement workshop last night. Now, I'm not the kind of person that you'd ever call organized or tidy. I was the guy working at the bike shop eating pizza with Phil Wood grease drizzle...
View ArticleGuest blog from our friends at Bike Fixtation Mpls
By Andy Lambert Five years ago on a Saturday night in Minneapolis, a small group of friends were out riding their bikes on a bachelor party pub crawl when someone got a flat. No one had a patch kit or...
View ArticleHave a Dump on Me
Well folks its Friday again and I'd love to buy you all a beer, but virtural beers don't work so great, they just leave you thirsty. So, this Friday please Have a Dump on Me. Moab, UT Prague, Czech...
View ArticleThru-Axles, MDS Chips, Derailleurs, Singlespeeds, and YOU
It's generally a bad idea to give an engineer a microphone, but everyone is OOO at a trade show, so I've deputized myself and we're going to spend a little time talking about our new 12mm Thru Axle...
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