  Surly release their anniversary edition 1x1 Rat Ride bike.
Rocket To The Future
Before we had the name Surly, we were called 1X1 for about a year while we tried to decide how to jump out of the nest and fly. Our first frame (one of our first products, period) was the 1X1 Rat Ride, a singlespeed-specific mountain bike frame. People liked it because it worked real well. So well, in fact, that we still offer that frame today (with a few updates) as the Surly 1X1. We’ve noticed that people sometimes now use the term 1X1 to refer in general to singlespeed stuff, the way people call all facial tissue Kleenex. That’s how much impact this frame has had.
And now the company that started out with good products instead of a fancy name is turning eleven years old, and that made us think: we should do something nice, something that can showcase a few of the things we’ve created over the years, and in so doing smash the What Was into the Where We Is Now to create a rocket to the future aimed, as we aim all things, ever forward but never straight.
With that in mind we proudly offer you, the freaks who have come along for the ride, the Surly Rat Ride 11 year anniversary limited edition complete bike. Let’s review what it is:
The frame and fork is disc-only, no rim brake studs, no housing stops, in black with throw-back Rat Ride decals in red. For components it sports a whole bunch of our stuff, from the Torsion bar to the Mr. Whirly crankset to the red New disc hubs (nutted axles, ‘natch), and some stuff we don’t make but which works really well, like Avid mechanical brakes. The drivetrain is single-dingle, with one gear in back and two Surly stainless steel chain rings. Most obvious are the Hoggy G 24x3” slicks on Large Marge rims. It’s bouncy, grippy, stable, fast, and fun as hell.
This isn’t some craptacular museum piece meant to stoke nostalgia for the good old days. This is a bike meant to be ridden, because we ride and we know you do too. But be warned: we didn’t make very many, so if you think you might want one don’t wait. We expect they won’t be around very long, and once they’re gone they’re gone for good. Call up your local bike shop right away.
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