Hello. Surly is out of the office this week. We're planning things and thinking about stuff. The phones will be turned off and the e-mail will be answered as soon as we return on Monday, May 21.   Thanks, The Management

This is how it all began.  

The best thing about the Single Speed European Championships (well really the best thing about any single speed mountain bike event) is the sense of fun.    Of course, fun is a relative term. Fun means a little something different to everyone, and this event and events like this, take that into account.   For instance: there were some dudes there for whom fun was to jump on their plasticized carbon 29er and ride as fast as they could, not even stopping at the beer tent at the halfway point, racing to the end with fury on their faces and…

It's not just another gravel event...  

Occasionally, as those of you with a number of riding options in the garage will attest, one or two of your bikes will hang unused for some bit of time. Since part of my job is riding the new stuff and gathering personal data on what works with what, how it fits, what it does, etc., often it will be an older Surly model that hasn't had my attention. Sometimes a bike sits forelorn due to a mechanical problem that has gone unfixed. You know how it goes, "Which bike will I ride today? The one with air in the…