Pat and Kathy's Winter Bike Ride Above The Arctic Circle Just when I think I'm seasoned for the cold, Pat and Kathy remind me how easy I've got it here in Minnesota. Check out Kathy's inspiring account of their unique adventure over 100 miles of frozen land and sea in Alaska last March. -----

2007 ARROWHEAD 135 WINTER ULTRAMARATHON RACE The Arrowhead 135 Winter Ultramarathon is a 135-mile self-supported endurance race on a multi-use mostly-offroad trail from International Falls, MN to Tower, MN. International Falls, nicknamed "Frostbite Falls", can reach -60F degrees on rare occasions. Needless to say, this isn't a race for the average weekend warrior. Racers may choose to run, bike, or ski the hilly, scenic trail. A racer is allowed 60 hours to complete the course. As usual, I waited until the last minute to get all my gear together for this year's Arrowhead 135 race. I built my front wheel…

London goes Hard Core Looks like some severe weather has hit our UK friends. Man, that green grass visible through your "snowdrifts" makes me truly believe you've got it rough. Still, many points for "Creative use of a Surly in a Snow Sculpture," "Inclusion of Human Waste Receptacles," and "Excellence in Smoking Promotion." 4 stars! Speaking of the UK, I've just returned from said island and I have this to report: Guinness tastes better there (I made a 4 day longitudinal study of this), "taking the piss" is a great thing to do in any country, and finally, don't look…

Well, the Arrowhead 135 is probably finished by now. No official results but our own Grayboy was in the lead pack. News here. Perhaps this doesn't seem like a big deal, but consider that it was -35F yesterday morning up in northern minnesota where this madness occurs. Also happening: we hired a couple folks to help us keep up with emails and phone calls. When you contact us, you may get one of these two on the other end: Emily's looking sharp in a red ensemble with matching Office Max headset. She enjoys noodling win-wins and blue skying value adds.…

New Products ETAs Most of our new incoming products have had some sort of delay, so here are the latest predictions. Utility Blue color Long Haul Trucker complete bikes- April-ishMisty Grey color Cross-Check complete bikes- April-ishMaroon Chocolate color Steamroller completes- April-ishHusker Blu color Karate Monkey framesets- April-ishLarger size stainless chainrings- still being tested, April/May-ishBig Dummy- We've been riding the prototypes for a couple weeks now and I'm happy to report that they ride exactly how I hoped they would with and without a load. But they are still in developement and another round of prototypes will be built in February…