I was expecting goofy dropouts.
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Bummer. We only fuck with the Weekender since the cheaper bikes are cheap.
The only family of bikes we have sold more units of than the weekender is Marin Nicasios.
Ironically enough Iâd say former rides better than the latter too.
The Surly tax on dealers is about 7%. 
Preamble pitch deck got taken down but yet another mention of the Shimano âCuesâ budget 1x drivetrain
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Hey that third photo was taken 2 miles from my house! I never see top secret surlys riding around, need to keep my eyes peeled
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so itâs a cross check with⌠the same geometry?
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If it canât be run single speed, itâs not a crosscheck killer. ATMO
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is it 100/135 with a straight steerer? so not upgradeable?
are they trying to save weight by skimping on the cable housing?
Holy shit that bike is so boring.
âMember when Surly invented tire sizes and sold fat unicycles? I hate this new world.
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I bet this fuckin bike was slated for release in early 2021 for the pandemic bike boom but production hell and tents and panel gaps and now they have a warehouse full of $500 2018 steel Kona Dews for $1000 and here we are talking about the bike normies need but donât want.
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The name has been on our booking backorder for a long while now without explanation, which was weird considering nobody at the shop had heard about it before. The reason for this will be pretty clear when the embargo lifts.
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Tubeless ready 650b/sealed bearing wheels with clearance for mtb tires. Sealed bearing headset, mechanical discs that donât suck. Microshift Advent. An appropriate amount of mounts and ride quality is really good. Colorways are better and thereâs more standover height. The drop bar version is more, but the spec on it is WAY better.
Surly dealers gonna Surly, but this truly is a bike that is worse than its competitors in just about every measurable way.
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If anyone is on Shimanoâs training platform, they just dropped some advance info on Cues.
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Just watched it. No mention of drop bar levers, but the rumors I have heard say that this will possibly fold Claris/Sora into Cues.
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Does anyone else think that âcuesâ is a terrible name?
I thought it made some sense when it was just an automatic shifting e-group for e-bikes. Now that they seem to be rolling all their mid and low tier groups into it, the name doesnât really fit.
Shimano Cues-anon
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They are taking their cues from Microshift, so it makes sense to me.
All shit-talking aside, I think itâs the smartest thing Shimano has done in a long time and Iâm here for it.
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Any mech 105 12sp info yet
It 100% exists but has been pushed back several months according to my Cervelo rep. Weâre hoping to see it late spring on complete bikes.
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