Keep Pedalling

Next in our series entitled ‘Big and Small, Surly got you All’ is this 64cm (!) Surly Straggler that scooted out over the weekend

Shimano Cues drivetrain and brakes livened up with a few choice upgrades where it matters

Hope Pro5 Hubs laced up nice and tight to some 36h Halo Vapour rims. Nice wheelset for a big rider.

Check those Tumbleweed bars - at 840mm wide and polished up just nice, these are the biz for cruising around town

Brooks B17 honey saddle, Teravail grips and tan wall tyres all bringing it together.

Love it.

Tall or Small, settle for nothing less!

Got a thing on the horizon, not too close but close enough.

Some fit adjustments courtesy of Lee Endres - here’s hoping they’ve got over the surreal experience of tandem fitting.

Apart from that we’re not changing much, since you didn’t ask. We’ve finally decided to retire the Salsa Cycles frame bag as it’s been with us since the Revelate Designs days and we used it to complete the Highland Trail in 2016 so it’s had a good innings and served us well. Around that time we had Porcelain Rocket bag made to measure - never been used so now’s it’s time to step up! It’s a lovely piece of kit. Still using our colour matched Sinewave Cycles Beacon cos it’s ace and the Hope Technology Tech4 V4 brakes continue to do their thing.

We should probably line up those crank arms though 😉

Surly Bridge Club in Extra Small flavour with all the trimmings.

Hope and SON hubs handbuilt onto Halo Vapour 650 rims covered in Schwalbe G-One All Round rubber set up tubeless.

The Hope theme is continued with their fantastically adjustable and dependable Evo brakes and headset.

Some relaxed Nitto bars and those MKS pedals for a winning comfort combo.

All the details on our custom build website pages soon!

With this years edition of the Silk Road Mountain Race currently in full swing , where have you been?, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at some of our favourite snaps from 2018. Temps from -9 all the way to 40 plus and all the weather to go with it.

The current standing is around 60 scratches from the 240 or so that lined up this year and we’re only 4.5 days in. Here’s hoping for kinder weather so the rates get nowhere near the first years 28 finishers out of 95 starts, but what a start line that was.

We can all look back though we’re very much looking forward to the Ta**us Mountain Race in Turkey in only *gulp* 8 weeks time. Looking for some first edition vibes!

Salsa Journeyer is a great start to your gravel and all-road adventures.

No ‘off the shelf’ bikes so it’s frame only to build up yourself or let us build you a banger.

This one with GRX 1x11 and Halo wheels will take you anywhere 😎

Sunday Sideshots

Went North of the Border this weekend dodging showers, finding new trails, hitting the deadends and generally enjoying being away from phones for a bit, looking for hilltop forts and finding tiny frogs.

Found some nice spots.

a pair of Velocity 650 Cliffhanger super tough touring rims built onto a Velo Orange rear and SON dynamo front hubs

busy in the shop at the moment with a few big builds coming to a conclusion, these are stunners.

running wheels handbuilt in Manchester just like these

Medium Surly Bridge Club heading South for Summer adventures.

As we near the last few Lingering Cranberry bikes and frames and look forward to the Squid Ink Blue on the horizon we’ve been building up some custom versions when the bikes aren’t available but the frames are.

This beauty with Halo wheels, a Cues 11s drivetrain, XT brakes and some super utility carrying space up front on the Surly 24 Pack Rack

Voile Straps for the win, wherever and whatever you need to secure your load.

Anxious Lavender Surly Steamroller framesets seem sold out just about everywhere.

Still feeling the draw after the initial excitement, on the fence about how to build up? We have 1 x 49cm and 1 x 62 framesets from that delivery left. Around 5’6” or over 6’ and feeling the draw to simplicity? We can help 😉

📷 Kuris Lau