Surly MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Road Plus Bike That Tackles Pavement & Gravel
Midnight Special shines on pot-holed, deteriorating pavement and the occasional long stretch of gravel. Its 650b road plus tires eat up road chatter and absorb all the bumps in the road like the champion it was designed to be.
When it comes to road bikes, we just want to toss a few bananas into our pockets and see where the road takes us. We seek out varied surfaces on our rides and frequently go from pavement to gravel to shittier pavement. Midnight Special allows us to accomplish all of that quite comfortably.
- Higher volume tires allow better fine-tuning of tire pressure on varying surfaces and create a wider contact patch for increased traction
- Modern road standards like flat-mount disc brakes, 12mm front and rear thru-axles, and a 44mm head tube
- Clearance for 650b x 60mm or 700c x 42mm tires without fenders (650b x 50mm or 700c x 38mm with fenders)
SPECIFICATION*
Frameset
- Frame
- 4130 CroMoly, double-butted main triangle, ED coated, TIG-welded
- Fork
- 4130 CroMoly, ED coated, TIG-welded
- Seatpost Clamp
- 30.0mm Surly Stainless
Components
- Headset
- Cane Creek 40, 1-1/8″
- Brakes
- TRP Spyre, 160mm rotors
- Brake Levers
- Sram Rival 1
- Shifters
- Sram Rival 1
- Stem
- ProMax, 31.8 4 bolt
- Handlebar
- Salsa Cowbell 3
- Grip/Tape
- Black Cork
- Saddle
- WTB Volt Sport
- Seatpost
- ProMax SP-2019 27.2x300mm non-offset (for 40-50)
ProMax SP-2016 27.2x300mm offset (for 54-64cm)
Drivetrain
- Crankset
- Sram Rival 1 40T
- Bottom Bracket
- SRAM GXP
- Front Derailleur
- n/a
- Rear Derailleur
- Sram Rival 1
- Cog or cogset
- SunRace 11-42t
- Chain
- KMC X11
Wheels
- Front Hub
- Novatech D791, 12mm Thru, 32H
- Rear Hub
- Novatech D792, 142mm Thru, 32H
- Rims
- Alex Adventurer 2, Tubeless ready, 32H
- Tires
- WTB Horizon, 650b x 47, tan wall
*Complete bike spec subject to change
FRAME SPEC
- Frame Construction
- 4130 Chromoly, Natch tubing, double-butted main triangle, TIG welded, ED coated
- Fork Construction
- 4130 Chromoly, Natch tubing, TIG welded, brazed lugs, ED coated
- Rear Dropout Configuration
- Vertical
- Rear Hub Spacing
- 12 x 142mm (Surly axle included)
10 x 135mm with Surly 10/12 Adapter Washers (not included)
- Front Hub Spacing
- 12 x 100mm (Surly axle included)
- Rear Brake
- Disc – Flat Mount (160mm max rotor) – 25mm thick mount / 32mm bolt length
- Front Brake
- Disc – Flat Mount (160mm max rotor) – Use Brake Manufacturer’s Front Flat Mount Adapter and Supplied Bolts
- Head Tube
- Ø44mm
- Steerer Tube
- Ø28.6mm (1-1/8″)
- Crown Race
- Ø30mm (1-1/8″)
- Stock Headset Upper (S.H.I.S.)
- ZS44/28.6
- Stock Headset Lower (S.H.I.S.)
- EC44/30
- Seat Collar
- Ø30mm
- Seatpost
- Ø27.2mm
- Front Derailleur (Clamp)
- Bottom-pull (Ø28.6mm)
- Max Chainring (CL)[3]
- 1x (Road): 44T
2x (Road): 34/50T
3x (Road): 30/39/50T
- Bottom Bracket
- 68mm threaded (1.37″ x 24TPI)
- Tire Clearance Frame [1]/[2]
- 27.5 x 2.35″ (w/o fenders)
700c x 42mm (w/o fenders)
650b x 50 (w/ fenders)
700c x 38mm (w/ fenders)
- Tire Clearance Fork [1]
- 27.5 x 2.35″ (w/o fenders)
700c x 42mm (w/o fenders)
650b x 50 (w/ fenders) 700c x 38mm (w/ fenders)
- Rigid Fork Spec
- 400 x 50mm (40 – 54cm)
400 x 40mm (56 – 64cm)
- Max Suspension Fork Length [4]
- N/A
- Bottle Mounts Frame
- 3 Standard
- Bottle Mounts Fork
- N/A
- Rack Mounts Frame
- Yes (upper and lower threaded)
- Rack Mounts Fork
- Yes (upper, lower, and mid-blade threaded)
- Fender Mounts Frame
- Yes
- Fender Mounts Fork
- Yes
- Other Features
- Downtube mounted shifter bosses (cable housing stops not included with frameset)
