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Surly turns 11 this year, and they’ll celebrate by drinking.
Another way they’ll be celebrating is by releasing a limited edition bike based on their original frame design, the venerable 1×1. According to Surly:
In 2009, the 1×1 turns 11 years old. The 1×1 was at first called the Rat Ride, before the name Surly existed, but for all practical purposes it and Surly turn 11 (because… wait for it… we go to eleven).
The anniversary bike is a modernized version, meant to nod to the past and smoke up with the present. The frame is disc only (no canti mounts), in black with red Rat Ride decals and a commemorative 1×1=11 decal also in red. The hubs are Surly hubs powdercoated red, with 24″ ltd. ed. disc only Large Marge rims sporting 24×3.0″ Hoggy G slicks (almost 26″ infalted diameter). The Torsion Bar has red lettering also. MR. Whirly single speed crank completes the Surly package. Oh, and the tires shown in the image were stock Hoggys. The aniversary bike’s tires will have red hotpatches.
Visit www.surlybikes.com info.
nasty…
Anyone know the MSRP on this? It’s AWFULLY sexy.
Mmm, fat tires and skinny frame tubes. I love it.
My first “real” singlespeed mountain bike was a Rat Ride with 1×1 hubs. Prior to that, I had experimented with a Pete Geigle Singleator on a couple of bikes. All products from before Surly was Surly, and now they’ve gone to eleven.
I think the Canadian retail is around $2200.
I would love to make a joke about $2200 Canadian being about $300 US, but in reality it’s much closer to $2200 US than it’s been in a long, long time.
It’s around $1.7 or 1.8k USD.
A Pugslet jr.? Smaller (24″x3″, not 26″x3.7″ tires) rolling mass? 1×1 frame (7.34lb) is lighter than the Pugsley frame (8.18lb). You give up maybe just 20% of the Pusgsley’s tire footprint. Surly says you can swap out for a short travel fork on the 1×1.
Here’s a project: 1×1 frame, short travel fork, 24″ Large Marge rims, H-bars, Shimano Alfine Hub (or SA S3X with freewheel), Brooks Flyer sprung saddle. Yes!
MSRP is $1500 from what I have heard from the Surly folks…
Ordered mine today it’s
going to be my winter commuter prolly putti
a cetma rack on it
oh hell yeah ordered mine yesterday… its going to be my awesome bar hopping hill bombing snow/loose sand riding bike
I got an original Rat Ride off the ‘Bay. Its gonna look almost like the limited edition.
I knew that’s what I wanted.
It looks cool!