| surly Surly make frames out of steel, 100% 4130 CroMoly steel to be precise. Surly don't tend to do fashion, just good, honest, bombproof and great value stuff (in addition to the frames they produce forks and a range of hubs, cogs and various problem-solving parts). Surly produce for those who apprecitae longevity and are after bikes which they will be able to rely on for many years to come. Take a look at the range, there is beauty in simplicity! Here is what Surly have to say about the 2010 range:- Occasionally in life a person is presented with a fork in the road. One path is more worn than the other and this path, the one most familiar to us all, is safe but unexciting. The other path is overgrown with weeds. It sputters out occasionally, but if you keep riding the path will reveal itself again. Where this path leads is uncertain. It reveals challenge and possibility in equal measure. And that path is where you’ll find us. Roughly 12 years ago, we managed to convince The Man to give us enough rope with which to hang ourselves and we began designing and producing singlespeed stuff for people whoride bikes and like to have fun. Powered by a love of singlespeed bikes, counter-culture, and unhealthy quantities of local ‘favorite’ Grain Belt beer, we loosed upon the globe a guttural yelp, barked into the cosmos in the form of singlespeed stuff. A lot has changed in 12 years. We’ve got houses now instead of apartments. Some of us have kids. Freeriding jumped the shark. Singlespeeds became mainstream. Touring bikes resurged. Fixed-gears became mainstream. Road bikes resurged. Michael Jackson died. Dave broke his leg. Twice. The economy tanked. We’re still here, however, and although we’re no longer solely a singlespeed company, we still design and produce quality bike stuff for people who ride a lot, like a good value, andknow how to have fun. And there seems to be a lot of those people around. For 2010, we’ve added the Pacer to our complete bikes lineup. This makes us happy. The Pacer is a great ride, and we hope that as a complete bike more people will try it. The Long Haul Trucker will now be offered in 26" wheel size across the entire size run, in both frames and complete bikes. We'll keep the 700c wheel size as an option for the larger frames and bikes, but 26" wheels are stronger, and 26" tires, tubes, and rims are more readily available throughout the world. We’ve added mid-blade eyelets to the Travelers Check fork, so you can more easily mount a front rack, and this ought to make a lot of folks happy since we seem to get a fair number of requests for a front rack compatible Cross-Check fork. Some frame colors are changing: Long Haul Truckers in olive are now blue as the sky, the Pugsley is an odd shade of goldish-greenish (and we’ve redesigned its toptube to offer more stand-over clearance), and the Pacer is now a lovely shade of green. Some of you will like the colors, some won’t. That’s cool. Oh, and by the time you read this, or soon after, we will have a new web site. So that’s something. If we do it right, it should be equal parts informative and disturbing. And that’s about it. The so-called Bicycle Industry for the most part continues to churn out lots of carbon fiber and expensive, flashy toys designed for an elite few. Screw that. We will continue to do what we do best: versatile, durable CroMoly frames and bikes that ride great and outlast the next model year, and sensibly designed parts for people who ride a lot. If that sounds good to you, pick up some Surly stuff and try it out. You won’t be sorry. | | |
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FREE DELIVERY (UK Mainalnd) on all Surly bikes and framesets from Mosquito! All bikes expertly built and checked by Mosquito mechanics before despatch. FREE ONE YEARS SERVICING on all Surly bikes picked up from Mosquito (6 weeks, 6 months & 12 months from purchase). Expert sizing advice whether buying online or in-store. SURLY BLOG - Worth a read, informative and fun. Simply click here. |
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