Surly’s Midnight special provides comfort and speed on those all-day rides that extend well beyond fresh pavement. It rides like a cloud on smooth pavement, but that’s expected. Any bike can do that. Where it truly shines is on pot-holed, deteriorating pavement and the occasional long stretch of gravel. The Midnight Special’s steel tubing and 650b Road Plus tires eat up road chatter and absorb all the bumps in the road like the champion it was designed to be.