Fixed Gear Across the USA I've heard you, out there, talking. You think you're pretty tough, and you are, sort of. You ride and you drink and you're a messenger and you go big miles and you ride big dirt. Totally cool. Maybe you even rode all the way across something. I ride across Iowa every summer. Don't make me tough though. Nope. Know what's tough? Riding a Steamroller fixed gear from Seattle to D.C. Know what's tougher? Doing it when you have Type 1 Diabetes. The guys from Adventures for the Cure contacted us a few months ago and…

Pathological superfreeek (and so a spiritual father to Surly) and founding member of Pink Floyd Syd Barrett died last friday. Bust out Piper At The Gates of Dawn and shine on. -----

SSWC2006 Stockholm Rather Lengthy Recap Day 1 in Stockholm- Hurl and I slap together our bikes and go for a cruise around town to get rid of the airplane butt. On this warm and sunny autumn day, we meet some guys we knew from the US. Rolling through old Stockholm on narrow cobbled streets that are older than the United States of America is humbling. These people have been here doing their Scandinavian thing for so long, it's hard to not respect their way of life. They even have ramps down the stairways for baby strollers, which we found to…