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Waxing is for Lovers - a Jacket Blog
It’s no secret around the Surly office that I love our waxed canvass jacket. Like, more than most folks I’ve met. I know what you may be immediately thinking: “But of course you 'love' that jacket...
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Welcome to Dumpville
Just a bit outside of Surlyville is the township of Dumpville. Pretty cool place where you can see all kinds of Surly's put together in all kinds of ways in all kinds of places by all kinds of...
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GUEST BLOG From Our Friend Tony
And now, a word from Tony: As some of you may have noticed, there’s a new Surly tool pouch. You know, for carrying things like bike tools or tools for accomplishing other life goals. Now I know...
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Das Groß Krampus Dump
The Holidays reminds me of all the long email chains that went around the office discussing the merits and faults of naming the bike after an anthropomorphic folklore figure. We had some interesting...
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A Brand New Intelligencer For Ya’s
Greetings. How’s the holiday season treating you? Did you get enough ham to eat? Good. Well, friends, it’s that time again. No, I’m not talking about the time of year when we all revel that our...
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2016 Year in Dumps
Well Happy Friday folks! I trust all of you had a good holiday, I certainly did. In fact I had so much fun I was not around create the last Dump of the year last Friday. I wanted to say a big thanks...
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Dave’s Not Here, Man
Dave Gray. Where do I start? Dave Gray was one of the first faces I saw when I first set foot in the door for my interview at QBP. His desk was the one next to mine from day one and we worked...
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Triskaidekaphobia Dump
There are quite a few reasons NOT to be afraid. First and foremost, it's FRIDAY. Second, it's Dump Day. Third, tomorrow is Saturday. Nothing spooky here, so don't be superstitious, just look at some...
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I’ll See Your New Products, and Raise You Some New Stuff
Ah, January - when all Midwesterners question their life choices and gather another pail of ice-melt. The cold air slaps us continually with our own mortality, and the utter lack of sunlight stirs the...
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Troll Dump
The Troll is one of the most "can do" bikes in our lineup. We introduced the Troll in 2011 and it does most anything you want a bike to do and then some. Cruiser? Yep. Trail bike? Yep. Commuter? Yep....
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Arrowhead Dump
About this time of year is when we prepare to head north for the Arrowhead 135. For the third year in a row we'll be running the last checkpoint at the Arrowhead 135 Ultra Marathon. Pintz Guzld will be...
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Foreign Relations: Vol. 1
For several decades now (back when some of us were still filling our diapers with pudding) Surly has been sending rogue agents to Japan. We go to mingle with our excellent distribution partner,...
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2 3 Dump Street
Hey everybody! Well, we're all thawed out from the Arrowhead 135. Here is a little something I played in the tipi Tuesday night. I thought it was pretty appropriate at the time. Nothing an open...
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Stupor is as Stupor Does
There are a few things that happen in Minneapolis that I like to classify as “Minnesota as Fuck”. In no particular order, this list includes: Walleye sandwiches. Watching hockey. Drinking beer while...
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Of Mice and Dumps
My friend and predecessor used to name the Dumps after literary masterpieces. So this one is for Gern Blanston and Boliver. Let's get to it. Brooklyn, NY India Englewood, CO Nowra NSW Australia...
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Announcement
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery” James Joyce - Ulysses A message from the Surly Central Core: Recently, we discovered that a transposition of an alpha-numerical adornment had occurred in one...
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Arrowhead Ultra 135 - 2017
Sometimes Mother Nature throws you a pair of Aces and you go all in. The weather and trail conditions at this year’s Arrowhead Ultra were ideal and set the stage for new course records. Temperatures...
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Ogre Sauce
One of the basic structural supports of the Surly Way is taking stuff with you on your bike. What different people call that process varys widely depending on a where it happens and why. It's touring,...
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A Dump Story
Hey folks, sorry I missed you last week. We had a bit of tradeshow work to do, but I'm back to tell you a little story about Dumps. Dumps, Surly's, places and you. That's what the Friday Dump is all...
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Being What You are About
If you like riding bicycles and you live or ride in the Midwest and you are partial to pre, during, and post-ride beverages, then you may have happened upon Spinner at some point. Jesse "Spinner"...
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