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…

I received today via electronic mail two pictures from one of Surly’s long time field agents Christopher J. “Bama” Milucky.  Viz: While they appear to depict Bama's awesome new Pugsley/Moonlander frame bag (more information about which may be explored here), you may also note that upon installation of the frame bag, and thereafter the installation of beer into the framebag and presumably into his belly, Bama 'Dr. Jekylls' from a comely young lady to the wild eyed beast you see in the bottom photo.  Yikes. And yet, that seems like something that could make you seem more interesting.  I therefore encourage you to…

Good day, Here in the Midwestern United States we have thrown off the yoke of winter's evil and there's riding to be done. This coming Sunday, April 29th you'll want to be in lovely Decorah, Iowa for the granddaddy of Midwest trail competitions, the 22nd running of the Decorah Time Trials. Your life is not complete if you haven't sampled the dirt in the bluffs overlooking my adopted hometown. More information can be found at this link.   Additionally, those same trails will be featured in the fourth annual Dirt Burger celebration of mountain bikes, sleeping under a bridge, bonfires,…

Sad really.  So anyway, here's this, what I believe is a contender for best video in the history of music videos, 1983's Wild Thing cover from X.  The music is pretty amazing too.  Listen to those drums!  Sorry for the ad at the beginning.  It was surprisingly hard to find this video. X Wild Thing by Celtiemama  

Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Stealers Wheel when they recorded this Dylan-esqe pop bubblegum favorite from April, 1974 that reached all the way up to number 5, as K-Billy's Supersounds Of The 70s continues.