YouTube documentary: The Extraordinary Journey of the Bicycle

[stompandgo]

I think this qualifies as the progenitor, then. I’m hazy on when I rode the Surly in Old Orchard Beach, Maine… There were one or two other brands out there at the time, but the Surly was the only one I got my hands on. It surly (misspelling intended ) was a small market at that time. Very cool. I’m sure the Artic would’ve been a monster to actually use.

OOB is a great beach to ride a fatty on.

 

[Chazmo]

OOB is a great beach to ride a fatty on.

Well, it was too much for me on one of those original, heavy, fatties, Chris. Like the Jeep Wrangler I used to own, I really wanted to love it. But no...