Information starts now: Moonlander framesets are in stock now. That's the good news. The bad news is that there are very few Clownshoe rims. Most of the rims that have been produced were routed to complete bike production, so you tinkering, frame-up sorts (exept for a few of you) are going to be left wanting for a bit. We'll have a few more Clownshoes in early January. We wish we had enough, but we don't. Here's the important part: if you have your bike shop order a frameset, THEY MUST CALL US TO GET THE RIMS ON THE ORDER. They…

(ring) "Hello?" "Hi, this is Bill the trailer. I'm a total badass." "Who is this again?" "Bill - the freakin' trailer. Splendid Cycles in Portland (the city in Oregon, not the street in Minneapolis) made me pretty. I'm awesome." "I'm calling the police." "Whatevs!" (click) -Skip

Those of you paying attention may have noticed that we changed the name of the Black Ops Pugsley to Necromancer Pugsley.  This seems to have set the hens of the interweb forums a-clucking, so perhaps an explanation is in order.  First, a Top Five list of things that did not lead to the name change, potentially based on the aforementioned rumors:    Tom Clancy did not send us a threatening email. Surly was not collaborating with Activision, who in turn backed out of the deal. The Intergalactic Head Quarters was not stormed by jack booted thugs in ski masks. Our…

Troll is one of Surly's officially unofficial spokesmodels, and as you can clearly see he is awesome.  Top 5 reasons Troll is awesome: 5) He is honest.  He let us know what he likes but also what he feels needs improvement. 4) He is polite, and expresses his views with respect but no B.S. 3) He is unusual.  We like unusual. 2) He likes to laugh, and he has a great laugh 1) He rides a lot, more than me, probably more than you, and does it hauling a metric shit ton of stuff.  Disclaimer: We like Xtracycle...they're why the Big…