Last Sunday (not just this last Sunday, but the Sunday before…so two Sundays ago) was the 6th annual Cold Bear Challenge Winter Racing Series in Hillside Park, Elk River Minnesota.  Beer, fire and fatbikes, fuck yeah.   Surly was well represented and, though many racers brought their tricked out Gucci fatbike wall-art steeds to race upon, the two fastest hammers in the woods that day were running the bike that started it all, the tried and true Surly Pugsley. 1st place was Larry “Sarge” Sauber, and 2nd was Heath “Red Squirrel” Weisbrod (who incidentally was riding a single speed Pug).…

   

There are a few excellent manufacturers out there who are making aftermarket fat tire forks and if you are planning on getting one for your Surly steed there are a few things you should know.   White Brothers makes a fork called the Snowpack and it’s available in two different lengths, 450mm and 468mm (we would recommend 450mm for our bikes). It has carbon fiber legs (if you’re into that sort of thing though we say a Surly rejects carbon fiber like a cat rejects hairballs) and is designed around a 135mm front disc spaced hub. White Brothers has the…

What are you doing this weekend? Oh... heading to TGI Fridays for some fajita poppers and then out to the flea market? YOU ARE GOING TO LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN FOR THE TEAM SNOW BIKE ENDURO. I'm going to Lake Geneva for the Team Snow Bike Enduro.   THESE ARE THE MOONLANDERS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. These are the Moonlanders we're looking for.   MOVE ALONG. Move along.  

Surly engineer extraordinaire Adam took this photograph of his desk the other day and I thought I’d share it with you.   Adams Desk   That's NOT a drawing of a full suspension fat tire bike on his monitor by the way.   Here's a picture of Adam getting rad.     And here's a picture of Adam feeling not-so-rad.   Hugs all the way around.   BoB