Who won the Surly Grappler in 502 Club Raffle?

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Our most recent 502 Club raffle was for a complete bike, in your choice of size from that bastion of US-designed steel rides, Surly.

The Surly Grappler is a trail bike. But with drop bars. Is it gravel or mountain? It’s both. Or neither. Or whatever you want it to be. It could have been yours if you bought a ticket.

Entries closed on Tuesday the 20th of August. The draw took place at 1pm on Wednesday the 21st live on YouTube. ‘Technical difficulties’ plagued that stream. Some of you may have watched the Fresh Goods Friday 719 video that contained the footage of the draw. But for those that did not…

And the winner is…

  • John Edgar

Other winners!

During the video below showing the draw taking place we also handed out some other smaller prizes. Watch to see if you were one of the luck ones. We’ve got your details and we’ll be in touch shortly to sort out your prizes.

You can also support Singletrack by giving our videos on Youtube the ubiquitous like and subscribe treatment. Go on.. It’s just a click – what’s the worst that could happen?

As with all our 502 Club Raffles, any tickets purchased go to supporting the Singletrack cause (which publishes a print magazine 6 times a year) helping us get the site running smoothly and keeping the Singletrack brand on a sustainable course. You can read more about the 502 club here.

The Surly Grappler

Grappler is a drop bar trail bike
built for singletrack

Off-road enthusiasts have been Frankensteining drop bars onto trail bikes for decades, so Surly designed the Grappler to scratch that itch with a little more precision. Engineered first and foremost around a stable and comfortable drop-bar hand position, its trail-ready geo provides a spirited ride on mixed terrain.

Cleared for girthy tyres and decorated with an array of mounts for hauling your daily provisions and overnight gear, the Grappler is ready to take you and your paraphernalia down that overgrown fire road for an extrasensory experience. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Probably.

  • Featuring Surly’s versatile Gnot-Boost spacing, allowing riders to run 142mm or Boost 148mm rear hubs; thru-axles; stealth dropper post routing; non-suspension corrected
  • Custom dropouts ready to run single-speed or internally geared hub setups
  • Seatstay-mounted bottle bosses, plus three-pack mounts at the top and bottom of the down tube
  • Clearance for 27.5 x 2.8″ or 29 x 2.1″ tyres (with or without mudguards)
  • Available in 5 sizes from XS to XL

Big thank you to Ison Distribution!

This prize was kindly donated by Ison Distribution. Thanks Ison bods!

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  • Who won the Surly Grappler in 502 Club Raffle?
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    lorax
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    Tickets bought. Good to see you’ve cut out the middleman – I trust that means more money in the STW coffers.

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    Mark
    Full Member

    It does indeed mean we get to keep most of the cash – a couple of percent goes on transactions costs. But you can now also use Paypal.

    But the big win is we can make a real fuss of the draw and do it live and stuff 🙂

    lorax
    Full Member

    Sounds good!

    Is Paypal better for you? If so I’ll use that next time.

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    Mark
    Full Member

    Paypal has it’s advantages for us but there’s honestly not a great deal in it. Just use whatever payment method is best for you.

    Sandwich
    Full Member

    Bad news @Mark the stripe option didn’t work for me “we’re unable to process your order at this time” came up as the error message.

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    superstu
    Free Member

    I’ve been looking at this bike for a week. Got to be a good omen right? Entered previous draws but this is something I’d really like!

    bigblackshed
    Full Member

    @Mark

    As you are probably aware the shop is adding large letter postage on to raffle tickets £2.82.

    Also I’ve managed to login again after site “anomalies”.

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    retrorick
    Full Member

    6 mags a year?

    I can’t find the answer anywhere!

    superstu
    Free Member

    The linked article says the draw will take place on the 14th a day after closing, then later on says the 21st of August?

    lorax
    Full Member

    Paypal has it’s advantages for us but there’s honestly not a great deal in it. Just use whatever payment method is best for you.

    Thanks @Mark, good to know.

    Mark
    Full Member

    A small number of orders got postage added for some reason. I’ve refunded postage on all of them. Sorry about that. And the draw is definitely 21st August. It was originally going to be the 14th but holidays get in the way of that.

    ThePinkster
    Full Member

    Ooh, I was only thinking about when & what the next raffle would be a couple of days ago. Ticket bought and fingers crossed.

    CountZero
    Full Member

    I’ve nowhere to put it should I get lucky, but it might encourage me to get rid of a couple of surplus bikes, and Surly go right back to before I ever bought a mountain bike, I’ve long had a fondness for them.

    Now, how often is the mag published…

    Tickets bought!

    piemonster
    Free Member

    Where do life send the bribe/evidence of incriminating photos?

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    Mark
    Full Member

    For those struggling with the question. The answer is in the original story. paragraph 3. I even put it in bold for you.

    I was asked why there’s a bloody stupid question to answer anyway..

    The answer is we are legally obliged to ask one. Yes, really.

    To run a raffle where you just buy a ticket and that’s it is to technically operate a lottery. To operate a lottery you need to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get a lottery operating licence.

    The legal way around this is to run the competition as a ‘game of skill’ for which a lottery licence is not needed. Asking a question that must be answered correctly in order for your entry to count makes it a game of skill and not a game of chance – legally that is.

    Also, there needs to be a free to enter option, which is why you can enter for free by sending the answer to the question to us through the post. If you do that and you answer the question correctly we are obliged to add you to the list of correct entries.

    So long as we follow those rules we are are not operating a lottery for which a licence is required.

    Hope that explains things 🙂

    oxym0r0n
    Full Member

    Looks perfect for Singlespeed UK – just drop the gears…

    https://singlespeedmtb.uk

    retrorick
    Full Member

    The answer is in the original story

    I need to practice my reading skills!

    Wally
    Full Member

    Great, got to be in it to win it and if it helps the hamsters a little, why not.

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    Mark
    Full Member

    I’m sourcing some small extra prizes for the live draw to make it all the more exciting and to increase your chances of winning something 🙂

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    Mark
    Full Member

    Paul Brough Winner

    Our winner of the Niner raffle Paul Brough with his new bike.

    Looks sweet as…

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    Ambrose
    Full Member

    That’s a HUGE bike!

    Anyway, I’m off to buy a ticket to win myself a shiny new bike. Third time lucky eh?

    Poopscoop
    Full Member

    Tickets bought here too. Good luck all!

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    Mark
    Full Member

    @ambrose

    This bike is small.

    Paul Brough is far away.

    superstu
    Free Member

    Any more details of how we can watch this?

    Mark
    Full Member

    It will be on our Youtube channel at 12:30pm Wednesday.

    Mark
    Full Member

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    Dickyboy
    Full Member

    It will be on our Youtube channel at 12:30pm Tuesday.

    Or maybe even Wednesday

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    Mark
    Full Member

    Probably Wednesday now I think about it

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    pisco
    Full Member

    I just recieved a surprise in the post; a 12 speed chain as a runner up prize! I run 11 speed, but will pass it on to one of my riding buddies. Thanks Mark/Singletrack.

    Obviously I didn’t watch the  video at the time. I’ve just watched it, and no Benji, I’m not the controversial Rhianna Ex. I think he was named after me.

    Mark
    Full Member

    You will be popular with one of your 12sp mates at least 🙂

    pauldavey22
    Full Member

    As above I’ve received (couple of days ago) my runner up prize! Nice little hip flask. Might have to find a new tipple to fill it with.

    Thank you singletrack team.

    Looking forward to the next raffle.

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