Surly Bikes reminds us not to forget our local bike shop during these trying times…

There’s no doubt that all of us are feeling the effects of COVID-19 at this point. Some of the harshest repercussions are impacting small businesses, many of which have already been devastated by the aftermath of forced closures and restrictions. While not yet as widely affected as the restaurant industry, many local bike shops are being closed, limiting services, or simply feeling the pinch from a lack of customers. In this message sent out by Surly Bikes, they remind us to not forget our local bike shop…

𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚕𝚢,⁠
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𝙰𝚜 𝚠𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝙾𝚅𝙸𝙳-𝟷𝟿 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕-𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜.⁠
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𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜: 𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢’𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. ⁠
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𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢’𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚎𝚜’ 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜. ⁠
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𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎-𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. ⁠
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𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎, ⁠
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-𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚕𝚢

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