Originally Posted by
Slavic
You can either take my word for it or not, but I assure you that neither All City nor Surly is a "catalogue brand." Both employ R&D departments that design and spec. all their parts (one of All City's engineers rides track at the Blaine velodrome as well, for whatever that's worth).
Wow that's good to know and I'll be looking for this said engineer at NSC this year. One of the reasons for going with the AllCity cogs and lockrings was local business support.