This Midnight Special is special. It&';s the first bike we&';ve ever combined with carbon fiber. Yes, there is a years-long paper trail of us 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 us 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. Smooth-sailing combination of Surly steel tubing with a carbon fiber fork and rims Modern road standards like flat-mount disc brakes, 12mm front and rear thru-axles, and a 44mm head tube Clearance for 650b x 50mm or 700c x 42mm tires without fenders (650b x 50mm or 700c x 38mm with fenders)