24 February 2026

Just about a bike: Surly Moonlander

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This is my Surly Moonlander. It's been in my possession since 2021.

Actually, technically, it's not really mine.  It's a loaner from a good friend who moved away. He asked me, while I was helping him load the last of his family's stuff into their moving-truck, if I would be willing to keep it in my garage, on stand-by, for him to ride whenever he ever came back to town to visit.

He's a good friend, so obviously I agreed. Especially after he told me it would be fine with him if I rode it around whenever I cared to. And thus, in the years that it's been housed here on-site at my place, of course, I have.  Many, many times.

Meantime, my friend, well, I'm happy to say he has been back to visit several times. 

Nonetheless, despite his repeated visits, he's ridden the bike just one time... in the last four-plus years... So...
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. -- Ed Abbey

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