Same message every year: we're on our way to Interbike, the U.S. national bicycle tradeshow, and we'll be there all next week. We will not be checking emails, voice mails, snail mails, toe nails, or jail bails, but we will be checking cocktails. In other words, feel free to write or call us but be advised you won't hear back for a while, like a week or two depending on how long it takes us to catch up. 'Kay? Bye. -----

We have a little something special cooking in the Surly kitchen these days. Check out our Large Marge/Endomorph/Magura-compatible unicycle...the Conundrum. It's offered in 2 sizes: 24" and 26"...this denotes the wheel size, not the length of the frame. I won't go into a ton of tech detail, because you can go to the Downloads section of our site and get that info from our fresh 2006 catalog file. I will point out the bearing clamps. These will be investment cast. Sexy, don't ya think? The samples pictured were built up for the Interbike industry show, coming up next week. Industry…

This sounds fun, wish we could go. -----

Germany 2005- The Business Dave and I travelled to Southern Germany along Lake Bodensee to attend and work the largest bicycle tradeshow in the world, Eurobike. Our German distributor, Cosmic Sports welcomed us into their booth to display a few of our products. Present were the 1x1, Long Haul Trucker with Nice Racks, an array of smaller products and the one and only Pugsley. Let me say, this show is huge and the European market is much different than the US market. Having about 25% of my time to leave the booth to walk around and check out products, I…

Germany 2005- The Pleasure Hopping a train out of Munich for an hour to the town on Herrshing, I find my way through town via tiny road signs. They point me on a zig-zagged path through this little lakeside village and up through the forest. The creek runs with clear water as the grade steepens. It's lush, green, rooty and rocky. I'm in F'ing Germany and I love it. After an hour hike, I come upon what appears to be the end of the trail. There is a gate and the noise of a group of people. As I walk…