My New Favorite Winter Activity
One of the oddest experiences that I seem to continually have on my bike in the winter is people yelling at me out of their cars. Now any of you who spend a lot of time on the road and in traffic...
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Cabin Fever Is For People Who Stay Indoors
As I write this the date is March 4th, 2013 and it is snowing balls outside…. That means the season for cabin fever bellyaching is in full swing, and since we barely even had a winter here in the...
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Pigpen I am going to shift the subject from bicycles on this day March 8th, even though this Blog will not post till sometime after. This is the day when Ron “Pigpen” McKernan died in 1973. Even...
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I am going to shift the subject from bicycles on this day March 8th, even though this Blog will not post till sometime after. This is the day when Ron “Pigpen” McKernan died in 1973. Even though I was...
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Cold Fish
A few years back I convinced the fry line manager to let me do my Surly work remotely. They were nice enough to make it seem like I was getting the good end of that deal - though I'm pretty sure some...
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Bikes + Puppies =
Back in December I brought home a little pup named Lola. She is the laziest Lab I have ever met. I am pretty sure she is mixed with a sloth. My other dogs have always hated anything on wheels....
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All In The (Surly) Family
My computer hard drive is full of pictures. It’s the only way I can remember anything these days, so I take lots and lots of pictures. And, since it might not be so easy for you folks to know who us...
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Nothing Runs Like a Deere
Finally had the opportunity to ride my new custom Moonlander. My John Deere matchy match bike would not be complete without doing a video set in a rural Minnesota field with a abandoned grain bin...
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Fatso on the Road
I recently spent a couple of days in Los Angeles. Any time I travel I like to take a bike with me, cuz I’d rather ride than walk or drive (you know, cuz it funner). I found myself in a bind though....
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And Then There Was Burpy
The other day when I was out riding my bike through the woods I came upon a felled tree that had smoke coming out of it. I pulled the bike over, dropped it, and made my way over to see if it was some...
View ArticleIt’s a Black and White World
Hey there! My guess is that if you’re reading our blog you have been around the block once or twice with the Surly brand. You’ve probably ridden some of our bikes and maybe even own one, and if none...
View ArticleIt’s a Black and White World
Hey there! My guess is that if you’re reading our blog you have been around the block once or twice with the Surly brand. You’ve probably ridden some of our bikes and maybe even own one, and if none...
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Tell My Wife I Love Her Very Much
[Author's comments: "I have no reasonable explanation for this."] Connor’s last email said simply, “Don’t worry. What could possibly go worng?” Then he got on his bicycle and rode away, never to...
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When the weather changes my paw start to hurt me cuz of my arthritis that I got from too much digging around for fish bones and shit at the bottom of trash cans and in the dirt, which is were people...
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The Fixxer is dead, long live the
Getting The Lead Out We try really hard to produce stuff that has staying power, stuff that’s durable, versatile and useful enough to stay in a rider’s regular rotation. We don’t phase out products...
View ArticleUltra New Stuff to Put in Stuff that is Only New??
Recently we put out the newest generation of our hubs, called the Ultra New Hubs. (instead of the New Hubs) (Clever Donkey) At any rate, one of my favorite things about the Ultra New version is that...
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The Deke and Chewey Interview
As I’ve mentioned a few times here, I live a few hours away from Surly HQ in the small town of Decorah, Iowa. One of the things we have here is a stellar mountain bike trail system right in town. In...
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My Dog Ate My Homework
A few days ago, I sat down to write a blog post like I do from time to time. I had a great idea for the content and pictures and it was gonna rule- but after an hour or so of roughing it out I was...
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The Siren Song of a Fat Man Belching
At my old job I used to spend a lot of time on the road. I look back on those days of constant travel and homelessness with a deep fondness; a fondness so deep it sort of creeps me out a bit. I love...
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Arrowhead 135
The Arrowhead 135 is a 135-mile human-power race (run, ski, or bike) that follows the Arrowhead State Snowmobile Trail from International Falls, MN (“the icebox of the nation”) to Tower, MN…usually...
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