Look Mom, New Stuff
It seems a bit weird to me to write a blog about a new website, when if you’re reading the blog you probably noticed the new website already. Maybe you didn’t. I don’t know. It makes me think about...
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An Idea That Died Before Its Time
A few weeks back I didn’t come into work one day. It was just too nice outside for working so I stayed home and one of the things I did was go for a bike ride. It was sort of an impromptu thing that...
View ArticleWhy Won’t You Get Off of My Road
So we are officially into July now, and I spent the day today riding my bike around Minneapolis and exploring. I’ve been here about 19 months now, and still find there’s lots of really cool stuff to...
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Cliché Day
Recently we had a pretty powerful thunderstorm here in Minneapolis. I was out of town at the time, hiding under a tarp with Phil, but I heard about much of it from my wife and friends. So I didn’t...
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Japan 2013 Tour
We just returned form a 10-day tour of Japan. By we I mean “Wrong Lever” Trevor, Gary Dave-san and Me. Those 10 days went by in a blink, and it was not until I started looking through my photos that...
View ArticleWho’s Your Mechanic? Who’s Got Your Number??
When I first arrived at Surly, I worked on bikes. More than a few of the people I work with, and quite a bit less than most of them. When I took one of my first trips for Surly I traveled with Sov...
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Rabbit Hole Rims, 160mm Rotors, Brakes, Spokes, and You!
So you’re building up a set of Rabbit Hole rims to those hubs you’ve got and you’re jazzed! But then you realize that there are two rows of holes drilled in the rim and so there are different ways to...
View ArticleStick an Offset Fork in it
Hello lovely Surly customers. Since I’m the person that has generally been answering the phone when you call lately I notice trends in what all you crazies ask for and want from us. Sometimes it’s...
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My Stupid Bike
It's a Big Dummy. I love the hell out of it. I was intimidated the first time it rolled into our garage but once I got on and started to roll around town I realized how limiting a small standard rack...
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Japanese bike shops do it up proper part 1:
Circles (Photo credit: Kinoko Cycles) Located in Nagoya also home to our Japanese distributor Motocross INTL, this shop is often our first stop on our visits to the always delightful and always...
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Ta-Dah
So it’s that time of year again when we start to talk about all the new shinny things our enginerds have been slaving away at. Pictures start showing up on the interwebs of the latest and greatest...
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A Year In Pictures (or so)
I’ve been at Surly about 19 months now, and it’s been quite a ride so far. I’ve got thousands of pictures floating around from those times gallivanting around. Most are of cool places I got to bike...
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Hook of honor
Last night I was out in my garage working on my bikes. I was just making an excuse really to be out there to drink a few beers and listen to some loud, angry music. I have a pretty decent set up with...
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Oh Croatian Bear, Will You Ever Learn?
Every once in a while I get an email from this giant freak who calls himself “The Croatian Bear”. You can find him on Facebook and on random other sites here and there. He basically is a dude who...
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Surly is Looking for More Nerd Power
Do you wear a pocket protector, bathe at least once a week, and know who Cru Jones is? If yes, then keep reading... Surly Bikes is currently looking for another bike nerd to add to the product...
View ArticleMy 2 cents
The following is a personal viewpoint and may, or may not be the viewpoint of everyone that works for Surly Bikes. I love custom, handmade in the good ole’ USA bike frames. I love the experience you...
View ArticleHey! We’re a bike brand!
In case you hadn’t noticed, Surly is now a bike brand. Actually, we’ve been a bike brand for years, but to me Surly is still pretty much the same brand it was when I became the brand manager in 2006....
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Speedsters on the Left, Laggards on the Right and Me in the Middle
I spent a lot of time on my bike over the weekend. The weather here was perfectly (if not disturbingly) beautiful, and it just screamed at me to get out. My folks were in town and neither of them...
View Articleyou is what you is
Identity is something we all construct. It’s what you present to the world outside of your head and despite the fact that I think about this concept a lot (i.e. are one’s perceptions of one’s self...
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