The heavily anticipated Black Cherry Sparkle Long Haul Trucker framesets have passed QC and are going into stock. They're purdy. Call your shop if you're after one, cuz u snooz u looz. Still and all, we're getting more in stock soon so don't break a sweat. -----

During a recent public tradeshow here in Minneapolis, Skip Bernet and I decided we wanted to be the kind of bike company that pedalled all of our stuff down there. How ironic is it that so many fine folks that work for bike companies don't get a chance to ride much because they're too busy driving bikes around for other people? This is how we rolled. Long Haul Trucker loaded with bags and a Burley trailer with Pugsley and a folding table. Then an Instigator/Xtracycle with Long Haul Trucker and more stuff to balance the load. Needless to say, it…

The first Surly road trip of 2006 is happening April 7th-9th to St.Louis, Missouri for the Midwest Mountain Bike Festival. We're bringing down an array of bikes for you to test ride, including some Pugsleys, and we're looking forward to a weekend of riding with anybody who shows up. Live music + pigroast + New Belgium beer + dirt trails = trouble. Hope to see you there. -----

Quote O' The Day: "I used to stay in a different hotel, but they lost points when two years in a row either I didn't get a wake up call or participants in my tour group didn't get them and that's not good when you have to be at a prairie chicken blind at 4:30am." I found that on a random blog today in, on, or around the interweb. Also found on the other side of the digital divide was an announcement on the bulletin board of Evilcycling.com for an upcoming bike ride in the south MPLS area. The posting…

We are in the process of physically moving our offices today and tomorrow. Although we'll still be under the same roof, the new digs will have a bigger and better shop space and we'll finally all be in one office space. Since our phones and computers will be unplugged during the move, please be patient in returning your calls and e-mails. Hopefully we'll be up and running by Monday at the latest so we can get those TPS reports done right away. -----