Lapierre Cycles is a France based company and they produce quality Road bikes and cycles for over 50 years Gaston Lapierre is the founder of the company

Who Surly Bikes are manufactured by a Bloomington, Minnesota based company that goes by the same name (Surly)

As some of you riders know, there’s a big to do going on about riding fixed gears without brakes And there are people on both sides of the fence with valid arguments