In the soon-to-be-immortal words of Spinner Reyerson - Decorah Iowa's Ambassador of Chaos - "If the Vikings rode bikes, those bikes would have been Pugsleys." Without any goading from us and with no official recognition from Surly Bikes Intergalactic (other than me shrugging my shoulders and saying something like, "I've heard you have plenty of worse ideas), Spinner and his entourage will be putting on a little event in their neck of the woods (which also happens to be my neck of the woods.) He's a relatively recent convert to the church of fat tires and he'd like to preach…

There is a lot going on around the busy halls of Surly Intergalactic right now...but most of that would be yawn inducing in the least or "comatizing" in the most severe cases to the majority of you. We have been getting ready for winter tradeshow thrown by a "well known bicycle parts distributor" and the fervor is coming to a head as I type. But I digress...this is not the stuff of epic blogitude that you deserve. Instead I give you AWESOME SNAP DECK ART from a talented Karate Monkey owner by the name of "GrumbleNutt": You too could add…

Psst.  It is not often that we post job openings here, but it is my belief that it is never too early to not stay the same, so here goes… Surly is looking for a marketing coordinator.  This person will report to the marketing department of our parent company, QBP, and work on behalf of Surly to get shit done.  This is a paid position, so keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.  If you’d like to learn more about this you’ll need to go here.  Click on the link "View Open Positions" and there…

At 3:15am Sunday morning, I finished installing Larrys on my newly-built wheels. Dad would be at my front door at 5:00am, and I still had to swap out the drivetrain on the Pug, take a shower, and finish packing the last of my gear. Déjà vu. Every year before the Arrowhead 135…an adventure race from International Falls, MN to Tower, MN on the Arrowhead Trail…I seem to get into the same predicament. I find myself rushing, at the last minute, to get all of my gear in order before we drive north 300 miles for the event. This is not…

Our man Fleck has been in the UK for dealer show Corebike, and judging by this report he's winning.  Charlie, I'm surprised at you.  Did you let him win?  Also, no reports of naked nudity.  Perhaps Fleck is observing some sort of decorum, like he's on his best behavior or something.  An intervention is clearly in order.