The Long Way Round: Part Two
Are you finding yourself even more confused than usual? That may be because this is part two of the story. To get yourself all caught up, head on over to part one and tuck in. Day 3 Day three began...
View ArticleGet In The Van
The recent departure of Skip Bernet from our ranks left those of us on the Surly marketing crew without anyone steering the ship. Now, we’ve been making do and, so far we haven’t steered said ship of a...
View ArticleLoaded Dump
At Surly, we've been riding loaded since 1998. We've worked hard to make sure you can take your stuff with you. We believe in racks, frame bags, cages, Bill and Ted, and let's not forget who brought...
View ArticleThe Long Way Round: Part Three
Are you finding yourself even more confused than usual? That’s because this is part three of the story. To get yourself all caught up, head on over to part one and part two and tuck in. Day 4...
View ArticleLoaded Since ‘98 Dump
Last week I found waaay too many images of loaded Surlys to fit into one Dump. I thought you'd like to see more cause there are many. People have been loading shit on thier Surly's for years before...
View ArticleThe Surly Snuggnut
As you may have noticed, we recently made some changes to our dropouts, specifically the Wednesday dropout (found on the Wednesday, new Karate Monkey, and new Krampus) and the Troll dropout (found on...
View ArticleThis Is So Easy
If you believe in love, we stand with you. It's important now more than ever for us to say that if you're a person of color, an immigrant, a Muslim, queer, trans, or femme, that we stand with you....
View ArticleBIG FAT DUMP
HEY NOW! How's it goin? I've been waiting on this Dump for quite some time and perhaps that is partially so Big and FAT. I've been talking a lot about how we here at Surly have been Haulin' shit for...
View ArticleBikepack Against The Machine
“Don't let me stay, don't let me stay My logic says burn so send me away Your minds are too green, I despise all I've seen You can't stake your lives on a saviour machine” ~David Bowie Everyone who...
View ArticleMonkey Dump
Wow, where the hell did that week go? I was looking through my posts in the years since I've taken over for Glern (cheers buddy) and I could not find any posts where I've blogged about the venerable...
View ArticleWTF, MTB
Like many folks I know, I was gifted a love of cycling at an early age. I grew up with a dad that raced mountain bikes for many years, then decided he was tired of gears and discovered the local, ahem,...
View ArticleTruckin Dump
If you want to talk about OTR riding the Trucker is a complete beast. Judging by the dump alone, we dd something right when we offered the Trucker in 2004. The Trucker dares you to go to hell and back,...
View ArticleNew(ish) Things in Stock!
Alright friends, I’m going to try to keep this brief but we’ve had a buttload of new stuff come into stock in the last few weeks that ya’ll need to know about. Behold: Edna! Edna is our latest 26 x...
View ArticleNot Your Grandma’s Wool
My earliest memories of wool cause my skin to crawl a little. As kids, we received handmade wool hats and mittens from my Grandmother when we visited for Christmas. She was raised on a farm and grew...
View ArticleThe Art of the Bivouac
No tent. No fire. No trace. Traveling light can mean simply carrying less stuff. But it also speaks to a state of mind. After all, literally going without is different than improvising or crafting...
View ArticleDIY: Dehydrate It Yourself — Red Lentil Soup
A while back, I came to the realization after eating a package of dehydrated backpacking food that it seemed to wreak havoc on my insides. To put it bluntly, it made me fart. A lot. After the gas...
View ArticleGUEST BLOG from Our Friend Elena
This week, we thought we’d give you a brief respite from listening to us ramble and drone on about whatever we’re droning on and rambling about so we asked our friend Elena from The Hub Bike Co-Op in...
View ArticleTales From the Road: The Whole Kielbasa
This installment of Surly Ambassador ‘Tails from the Road has us traveling to the South East US on Surly’s Whole Kielbasa Loaded Touring demo tour. New to the brand is the official Surly demo van, a...
View ArticleIn Stock: Wool, Wool, & More Wool
Just in time for the cold weather and gift-giving seasons, we got a whole slew of our woolen goods back in stock — in all new colors too! Feast your peepers on ‘em below and pick some up your favorite...
View ArticleMore Of A Small Dribble Than A Leak Really
If you’ve been lurking in the corners of the internet these past couple days, you’ve undoubtedly seen a photo of our latest offspring, the Pack Rat. Apparently, it was even “trending” as they say…...
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