Originally Posted by
Skip Bernet
Surly was begun by QBP employees and has always been a QBP company. It is housed in the same building as QBP. All Surly frames and most products (barring things like flasks and wool hats) have always been designed in-house, ridden on hard, and produced in Taiwan.
Surly was never independent and has never rebadged an off-the-shelf frame.
fair nuff, thanks for clarifying.
was it salsa then that started out independent? or am i just misinformed altogether.
p.s. skip's a surly employee i believe, so i'll consider him an authority.