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It's true, it's been a hell of a ride, but it's time for me to peel off and head down my own road for a bit. My time here at Surly as their International Marketing Manager is near its end, and I wanted to make sure that I say thanks before it's all over.

So...thanks.

There have been awesome rides, awesome beer, and the most awesome of all; some truly great people to share it all with. The folks who have made my time at Surly "awesome" are far too numerous to name here.  As a matter of fact, the folks who have made my time at Surly "a living hell" are also too numerous to mention. I guess that’s what they call "a wash".

The people who have made this the most worthwhile are the folks that I got to ride with. The Surly riders. I started out as one and soon I will be back on the street, riding my Pacer (or Pugsley or LHT) unconnected with the Surly HQ and reconnected with the ride.

Of course this means that Surly will be hiring. Go here to find all the info on how you can get a job on the best team in the industry:

https://rew31.ultipro.com/QUA1003/JobBoard/ListJobs.aspx

Job should post there by the end of the week.

I’m out of here next month so this isn’t really my farewell, that comes a bit later. But this is certainly my thanks.

To Surly, QBP, and most of all to you. I know that shit sounds cheesy, but so it goes. I like mine blue.

There are no great words to express what this time at Surly has meant to me (that’s never really stopped me before, I know), so I’ll show some pictures that I’ve shown a million times. Pictures of the best times I had here (they aren't really, of course. One I wasn't even there for. The truth is the best times were all when I wasn't taking pictures, cuz I wasn't really thinking about it. I wasn't really thinking about anything. I was just enjoying the ride. Those are the moments, the ones I don't need pictures for. When it's only me and the road, and the company I keep. I don't have to think about forward momentum, because that's all there is. Push pedals, move forward. Repeat. These are the pictures I took just before or just after those moments. Truthfully, some of them are pictures I didn’t take at all, but they're still pretty fun).  (Last bit's for you Sov)

A table with steel water bottles, beer cans and of a magazine, showing a, riding in the city, article on topRight side view of an orange Surly Cross Check bike, parked at the base of a deck with a Bernese mountain dog under itFront view of a large white dog, walking up a gravel trail with a cyclist behind, pushing a Surly fat bike

Right side view of a silver Surly Big Dummy bike, with a cyclist driving, and a person on back, on a street at nightRight side view of a person wearing a helmet made from a cut out of a Surly fat bike tireLeft side view of a black Surly Moonlander fat bike, parked on a rock ledge, with the ocean behindRear view of a cyclist on a fat bike, riding down a snow covered street, holding a leash with a dog walking alongFront view of a person sleeping with a book on their chest, behind a grid of steel bars

Headshot of a person wearing a Surly bikes hat and a large fake beard with debris in itA person dancing next to a campfire at night, with others standing around in the backgroundHeadshot of a person with a beard and a bloody scrape above their right eye

Right side view of a cyclist riding a white Surly fat bike down a snowy hill, with trees in the backgroundUpward, front right side view of a cyclist riding a red Surly fat bike on snowy ground, with bare trees in backgroundHeadshot of a person wearing a purple and gray Surly stocking cap and glasses, with their eyes looking upBlack and white portrait of 2 people sitting side by side, with a faded heart rendering around them

A handful of cyclists riding around on a frozen lake with bare trees around itHeadshot of a person a helmet made out of a cardboard box, with a Surly Bikes sticker on itRight side view of a cyclist wearing a backpack, riding a bike across the courtyard in front of the Louvre museum

Right side, close up view of a cyclist with a backpack, riding on a gravel patch at the base of a brushy hillFront view of a person, wearing a krampus costume head, holding up their middle fingers, in an officeFront left side view of a patient, sitting upright in a hospital bed, holding up their right middle fingerRight side view of person with a scraped up hand, pointing to an injury on their head, with their middle fingerDownward view of a person, sitting in front of a Surly Instigator bike, icing their knee and showing their middle fingerFront view of 3 people sitting at a table with beers, with a Surly Bikes patch leaning on the middle glassFront view of 3 cyclists wearing women's attire, holding up a middle finger as they ride their bikes on a paved street

Rear view of a cyclist riding their bike on a street with cars, towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

So long and thanks for everything. (Except the fish, I caught that myself).