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I’m not a big fan of racing bikes these days but I am a fan of having a good time. Single speed events are always fun because people are not there to win. These events are a great fit for Surly. Single Speed USA at Levis Mound Wisconsin was no exception.

I met so many great people and caught up with old friends. Big ups to the folks that put this on. A huge undertaking to say the least. The location was absolutely perfect. A rural mountain bike trail system that mixed both single track and xc ski trails. The views and trails were amazing lined with bluffs, rocks, roots, and Ewok forests featuring ribbons of wooden bridges throughout. If you were tired or just wanted to chill at an aid station, have some pickles and wash it down with a few beers. Another reason why single speed events are rad. 

I new I would have more fun ridding my bike rather than taking pictures, so I have no photos from the actual ride. I did however take pictures of some of the other festivities which included a beer crit. Riders had to ride a lap then chug a beer, ride a lap eat peanut butter. This went on for more then seven laps. Was there puking? Yes!  Other events that went down were the derbies, firework infused bonfires, old time finger picking music and more beer. Here are a few shots I took.

See you next year in PA!

 

Panoramic view of a field of bikes laying on their side with wandering cyclists, and trees in the background

The start.

Cropped view of a row of mint Surly Karate Monkey bike front ends, with trees in the background 

We brought a handful of our new Karate Monkey single speeds for folks to ride and try.

Right side view of an orange Surly Krampus XXL bike, with a Surly banner behind, with the woods in the background

My ride. Custom painted Krampus XXL.

Cropped, front right side view of a cyclist drinking a PBR beer, standing over a black Surly Krampus bike

Slippers Cortez carbo-loading before the ride.

Downward view of the left side of a black and orange Surly Pugsley fat bike, laying on ground

Alex from Grand Rapids Bicycle Co. Sweet Pug.

Rear, left view of a cyclist riding a Surly Big Dummy bike with a dog on the back rack tray, in a grass lot

Spinner and his pooch.

Upward, tilted view of one person playing a guitar, and another playing a banjo, at a campsite in the woods

Sov and Ben laying it down.

Close up of an open tin of meat, on the edge of a red table

Leftovers.

Front view of a cyclist wearing a cowboy hat, standing over a Surly Big Dummy bike with kid bikes on the rear rack

Ron headed out.

3 people sitting in the grass eating, with a pine forest in the background

Surly boys.

Upward view of a person sitting in a tree with few leaves on it

Trevor in a tree.

Left side view of a cyclist sitting on a light green Surly Karate Monkey bike, in front of a person with a megaphone

Start of the beer crit.

Right side view of 2 cyclists riding racing their bikes, side by side, on a grass field with trees in the background

One lap down.

Right side view of 2 cyclist drinking beer, side by side, while standing over their Surly Karate Monkey bikes

Dejay and Trevor chugging it.

3 part image - left to right - Dog eats from a peanut butter jar - cyclist eats from a peanut butter jar - sticky hands

Dog eats peanut butter, boy eats peanut butter, sticky fingers.

Right side view of a cyclist riding a green Surly bike in a circle on a grass field with other cyclists

Aaron on his sweet 1x1.

2 people hold another person doing a keg stand, while others cheer them on

Wow! Our Christina doing a keg stand.

Left side view of a cyclist riding a fat bike through a campfire at night

Danger

About Wood

Andy Wood a.k.a. Wood

Andy Wood is a nifty height, five feet twenty inches. In his spare time, he farms and harvests fat beats on his high tech home computer. He hails originally from Durango, Colorado, where he rode mountain bikes and skied cross country, both of which he still does. He is Surly’s art director, and as such is responsible for balancing Surly’s more pragmatic pursuits, like the use of charts, with pathologically creepy and weird shit, like abandoned dolls. He is one of the three Andys who work here and is a founding member of Andyland.