Radar
February 4, 2026
This Midnight Special is special. It’s the first bike Surly has ever combined with carbon fiber. Yes, there is a years-long paper trail of Surly touting the benefits of steel and steel alone. But just because steel is real doesn’t mean everything else is fake. Carbon fiber has its own thing going for it, like an incredible strength-to-weight ratio and a knack for reducing road chatter — something you’ll thank them for halfway through your next century on bumpy backroads.
Carbon fiber helps make Midnight Special what it was always meant to be: part hustle and part muscle, a road bike that feels spirited on fresh pavement yet transitions smoothly into the seedy underbelly of road riding, where the asphalt crumbles away, and potholes threaten to throw you off-balance.
Surly Midnight Special Quick Hits
- Color: Black Cherry Fizz
- Complete Build: $3499
- Frame: $1099 (w/steel fork)
- Recommended wheel/Tire Sizes 650b x 50mm
- Alternate wheel/tire Sizes 700c x 42mm
- Frame clearance:
- 27.5 x 2.35″ (w/o fenders)
- 700c x 42mm (w/o fenders)
- 650b x 50 (w/ fenders)
- 700c x 38mm (w/ fenders)
- Fork clearance:
- 27.5 x 2.35″ (w/o fenders)
- 700c x 42mm (w/o fenders)
- 650b x 50 (w/ fenders)
- 700c x 38mm (w/ fenders)
- Seatpost: 27.2mm
- Not dropper Post Compatible
- Front Derailleur Type:Bottom-pull (28.6mm)
- Bottom Bracket 68mm threaded
- Crankset (Max Ring)
- 1x (Road): 44T
- 2x (Road): 34/50T
- 3x (Road): 30/39/50T
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