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My next bike will be a Surly Long-Haul Trucker. It’s a steel touring bike, built for hauling loads of stuff over long distance in relative comfort. My dream is to travel with my boys, around Indiana at first, and then further. Out west, maybe. To go long hypnotized miles during the day and camp at night. They’ll probably want to bring pencils into the tent, but that will be all right. The point—if there needs to be one—is to ride together, to be exhausted together, to be, together.