It’s Friday Picture Time
It's that time again. These are more bikes from our image dump. They are pretty cool, sometimes just cuz of where in the world they are. You'll have to go to the image dump...
View ArticleHow to ask for stickers
I felt the need to share this letter we received the other day from some lunatic that wanted a fist full of our "wicked sweet" stickers. I liked this so much I actually sent him some. Everyone...
View ArticleKeeping Your Feet On the Pegs
There’s a whole world out there, but it’s out of reach for most people most of the time. What’s stopping those of us who can’t afford to travel the world indefinitely from making the most of what...
View ArticleWinter’s A’comin’
It's cold here. Not like real cold, which it most assuradly will be before you know it. But it's cold enough that after a ride my nipples could cut glass. As a homage to that season (which is my...
View ArticleHow NOT to ask for ANYTHING
To follow up with my blog from last week, How to ask for stickers, I thought I should show you how not to ask for anything-ever. On my way back from a rather refreshing and thirst quenching lunch, I...
View ArticleBack in Denver, Bikes, Beer & Drool
Last week a few of us went out to Denver to co-host a bike-packing event with one of our dealers Salvagetti. We road (or rather the lucky ones road, I drove the van with the kegs and demo bikes...
View ArticleOh this old thing?
I love working for Surly. I am a kid in a candy store every day. Grabbing bikes to take for a spin when they come back from demos, impatiently waiting for the return or the arrival of a demo or better...
View ArticleI Am Soft….
Literally, physically, mentally, you name it. This was recently drawn to my attention. The exact quote was, “That dude Tyler, from Surly, is soft.” The sentence was one of the around the corner...
View ArticleI Am Soft….
Literally, physically, mentally, you name it. This was recently drawn to my attention. The exact quote was, “That dude Tyler, from Surly, is soft.” The sentence was one of the around the corner...
View ArticleThere Sure Are a Lot of Fatbikes This Year
So it’s true. It would seem everyone and their sister is coming out with a Fatbike this year. We get asked a lot what we think of all this attention that the bikes are getting and more specifically...
View ArticleA Big Load From Our Dump
It’s Friday and I have nothing to say. Well I have things to say, but my old granddad used to say if you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all. (Cuz if you say something the...
View ArticleSometimes Bikes Make Me Stupid (er)
Okay, it’s not the bike. The bike can make me anything that I’m not. I know that. How could I not, I seem to not shut up about it. But there are some bikes that seem to bring the Hyde to the...
View ArticleThe Jogger Wasn’t Planned
Creepy, for sure. And the jogger was just in a weird place at a weird time. As she came around the corner, and saw all of us idiots in masks, she was first surprised, then amused, then less amused,...
View ArticleI don’t care
I don’t care. I don’t care what type of riding you do. I don’t care if you chose dirt or pavement. I don’t care what bike you chose to ride. I don’t care what you think of my bike. I don’t care how...
View ArticleFrist Winter Commute of the Year
Nothing huge to report; except... It's totally awesome!!! My steed today was the Single Speed Cross Check. At work all kinds of folks gave me shit about not riding my Pug or Moony. Two things. 1) I...
View ArticleWinter Bike Expo 2013
Hey, do you live in the middlewest portion of the country? Do you love fatbikes? Are you curious about what this whole "winterbiking" thing is? You should read about it on the internet, but also you...
View ArticleRacing Sucks
Racing Sucks. That’s a new patch we just made. I guess there’s lots of folks out there who really love this one. I have also heard there are quite a few folks out there who hate it. My pappy always...
View ArticleCity Living
I am loving the city. I grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. A small city, 80,000ish people and it doesn’t cover much geographical space. When I first got “serious” about biking everywhere, I was living...
View ArticleImage Dump Friday the 13th
13 is my mothers lucky number. Here are some pictures of cool bikes from the image dump. Neato. Is that the last airbender?? Quick, leave work while no one is looking and go ride. Cheers
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