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<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author posted">Posted on </span><a href="../../custom-bikes/fast-company/" title="11:35 am" rel="bookmark"><span class="timestamp">August 20, 2013</span></a><span class="byline"> by </span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="../../author/nickw/" title="View all posts by Nick">Nick</a></span>
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<p>Everyone loves the Surly Cross Check. At least everyone who works here and a good slice of the general Portland cycling public. In anticipation of the upcoming cyclocross race season we decided to build up a more race-ready version of<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author posted">Posted on </span><a href="../../custom-bikes/smooth-operator/" title="11:27 am" rel="bookmark"><span class="timestamp">July 30, 2013</span></a><span class="byline"> by </span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="../../author/nickw/" title="View all posts by Nick">Nick</a></span>
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<p>So you know, not all the custom bikes we build are from Surly. Say for example, you want a sweet Mixte frame for getting around town and maybe using for kid-hauling duty at some point? That’s just what we built<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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<p>We’ve been super-busy of late, so I’m catching up on posting three custom projects all at once. Feast your eyes on a Surly Disc Trucker we built for Iain from Norway. He came over and rode it on tour, and<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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<p> We finished this nicely appointed flat-bar Surly Pacer custom a couple weeks ago but got so busy with our spring sale that I haven’t had time to share some pictures. This is another simple, relatively budget-conscious build that came<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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<p>Here are two sweet projects we worked on for a couple really nice guys in the last month or so. First up is Kim’s Disc Trucker flat-bar commuter with an electric-assist front hub. His prior bike was set up with<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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<p> Olaf has been working on getting together all the pieces for his 2013 Fargo for a little while. This is his second Fargo- the first one was ridden from Alaska to the lower 48, so he knew<span class="ellipsis">…</span>
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