Friday's warm temperature prompted me to take most of the day off to pack up the Pug with camping gear, ride kilometers of dirt trails, and set up camp at a stealth shoreline spot as the sun set behind the trees shrouding the trail. I like fire when I camp. It's one of the things that creates an enjoyable night in the woods. But it's dry here. So I brought the paintcan stove to keep my fire in check. The stove was set up near my hammock, in a wet area, to further diminish the chances of starting grass or…

I'm not trying to brag when I say Surly has fans all over the world. We're not just talking about happy Surly riders either, but hungry folks looking for Surly bits and pieces: Mr B from Irkutsk, Russia desperately seeking a Pugsley; a man in Zagreb, Croatia looking to get an LHT; Andrea lamenting the inability to find a complete Big Dummy in Italy. These aren't the sorts of things one can make up. Similar emails roll in regularly and it's astounding really. I guess this fancy Interweb has woven our global fabric a bit tighter, in some ways at…

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The hairiest of Surly, just barely. There are two Surly employees you've probably never heard of. This does not mean they are not doing important jobs, quite the contrary. Meet Gigi Here we see Gigi testing our Endomorph tires for sidewall durability and wet weather performance. After this test we also learned that dog blood shows up suprisingly well on an Endomorph. Gigi didn't care. Gigi belongs to Johnny. They both enjoy product testing, being aggressive, whining when left alone, drinking beer, and humping. Johnny's spring project has been teaching Gigi to ride in a trailer and wear a backpack.…