Surly Pugsley...

Embrace the Fat!

Finally, the Fat Pearl is complete. She's been months in the making, scraping together parts here and there as I could. Super excited to get out for the maiden voyage tonight with a few friends for an adventure ride, scoping out race courses for Pirate cXc's Winter Night Race Series. 

I'm not going into a bunch of detail regarding the process of this build. It was a learning experience to say the least, and I could not have done it without the help from dozens of folks; for that I thank each and every one of you for your time and experience, and for putting up with my obsessive bike building behavior. Those folks are as follows; MaxiThad, The Manimal, White Mike, Justin Bay, BillyVanilly, Farmer, Forrester Carver, Thomas & Nick @ Angry Catfish, Britton @ Volker, BikeSource, Chris @ Venga Velo, Golden Bike Shop and I'm sure there are a few others I've forgotten.

Here are a few of the parts I gathered...

Last Night we had a wheel building, beer drinking party. Even had the security guy knocking at the door of White Mikes loft due to a noise complaint. If you've ever been around MaxiThad after he's been on the alcohol drip, you know the volume was indeed set at eleven.

Here's the build: 

• Surly Necromancer Pugsley 18" steel frame, Black
• Carver Ti fork
• Surly Rolling Darryl Limited Edition Rims - Grape Ape
• DT Swiss Double Butted Competition Spokes - Black
• Paul Disc WORD rear SS Hub - bolt-on, Black
• Paul Disc WHUB 135mm front hub, Black
• Salsa Skewer, Black
• Thomson X4 90x10 stem, Black
• Thomson Masterpiece 27.2x330 post, Silver
• Surly SS Clamp, Black
• Specialized Phenom Saddle, 130mm
• Avid Elixer 7 Hydro Disc Brakes w/Carbon Levers
• Avid 160 Rotors
• Chris King Headset, Pretty and Strong (pink)
• Surly Knard 26x3.8 120tpi Tires
• Bontrager Race Lite Cage, Black
• Crank Brothers Eggbeater II Pedals
• FSA Carbon Pro Cranks, 100mm BB
• Salsa SS Ring, 34t
• White Industries ENO freewheel, 20t
• SRAM 8 speed chain
• Sury Tuggnut/bottle opener
• Surly Toob Lites
• Surly Rim Strips over Glow-in-the-dark Tape
• Oury Grips, Glow-in-the-dark 

p.s. G-wiz, you can suck-it!