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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Minnesota, 1998 |
| Headquarters | Bloomington, Minnesota, USA |
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Website | www.surlybikes.com |
Surly Bikes is a manufacturer of bicycles, frames, parts, and accessories based in Bloomington, Minnesota, established circa 1998.[1] Distinctive products made by Surly include the Dingle cog, cranksets with separately detachable spiders, and reversible chain tensioners. The Surly Singleator chain tensioner is credited by many with having started the single speed craze.[2] The Singleator was Surly's first product, on the market before they even had a brand name.[1]
Surly frames and forks are made in Taiwan of cromoly steel.[3] The company is well known in bicycle messenger and single-speed culture and helped establish the Single Speed World Championship (SSWC).
In 2005, Surly began selling the first mass-produced mountain bike with extremely large volume tires for deep snow and sand riding.[4] This model, the Pugsley, required different tire, tube, bottom bracket, and frame design than had been seen before in mountain biking. The bike's front and rear wheels share a common hub size and can be interchanged, allowing for additional gearing combinations. The Pugsley is still sold, as of 2009, but has inspired similar models sold by other manufacturers. Noted bicycle technical authority Sheldon Brown said, "Pugsley is, in its way, as revolutionary as the original mountain bikes were in the early 1980s."[5]
Surly also produces a mountain unicycle, the Conundrum.[6]
Surly is owned by and shares facilities with Quality Bicycle Products (QBP).
References
- ^ a b Tim Grahl (14 April 2005). "Interview: Surly Bikes". http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/04/04/interview-surly-bikes/.
- ^ "Complete One Speed Kits". Charlie The Bikemonger. http://charliethebikemonger.com/userimages/procart2.htm.
- ^ "Surly". Century Cycles. http://centurycycles.com/page.cfm?PageID=428.
- ^ Regenold, Stephen (July 2006). "Adventure bikes :: Gear Review :: July, 2006". http://thegearjunkie.com/gear-review-adventure-bikes. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Brown, Sheldon. "The Amazing Surly Pugsley!". http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/surly-pugsley/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Surly 2008". http://surlybikes.com/files/Surly_CatV2_2008_lo_res.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
External links
- Surlyville: Surly Bikes home page
- Surly Bikes group photo pool
- Review of Surly Cross Check
- Surly Long Haul Trucker & Cross-Check Owners Group
- Surly Bikes Videos, Articles, Details
- Quality Bicycle Products home page
- Surly Pugsley expedition across Australia
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