There is no such thing as one bike that can do it all, but the Cross-Check does a good job of most things people use bikes for. It’s a cyclocross bike by design but it does a good job getting you across the country or across town too. It’s at home on the road and on trails, on gravel, and just about whatever else you might run into. It’ll take pretty big tires, or smaller ones if you like. It can be built as a geared bike, a singlespeed or a fixed-gear.
The frame is designed to supply a comfortable but lively ride. The tubing is high quality drawn CroMoly steel, built to our specifications. It’s built to work with components of popular sizes, meaning you can find options in tons of new and old parts. It will accommodate a wide range of crank types and chainring sizes. It’s got accommodations for racks and fenders, front and rear. Because it takes those big tires, you can outfit it to suit where and how you’ll use it.
Tubing: Surly 4130 CroMoly steel. Main triangle double-butted. TIG-welded Fork: 4130 CroMoly, lugged and brazed. Sloping crown with threaded eylets, tapered and butted curved blades with mid-blade rack eyelets, dual dropout eyelets Wheelsize: 700c Rear Dropouts: Semi-horizontal dropouts give you singlespeed compatibility and wheelbase adjustability. Gnot-rite spacing (132.5mm) allows you to run 130mm road hubs and 135mm MTB hubs Brake Compatibility: Cantilever brake studs front and rear Braze-ons/extras: Bosses front and rear to take cantilever or linear-pull brakes, eyelets at the dropouts, rear rack bosses, dual water bottle mounts, downtube shifter bosses, fully threaded through-blade fork eyelets for a front rack Seatpost diameter: 27.2mm Seatpost clamp diameter: 30.0mm Surly stainless, included Headset/Steertube: 1-1/8˝ threadless Front Derailleur Clamp Diameter: 28.6 mm Bottom bracket shell: 68mm wide, standard English threaded 1.37˝ x 24t Chainring Clearance: Manipulated stays so you can fit the size rings you want. Go nuts Tire Clearance: Fatties Fit Fine (FFF) stays and our beautiful slope-crowned custom fork provide room for tires up to 700c x 42mm with or without fenders. Largest possible tire size depends on tire, rims, axle location in the dropouts, and other factors, but still, you can run pretty damn big tires