Surly Cross Check Road Bike

You can use it as a utility commuter touring or road bike.

Surly cross check road bike. Serious steel bikes for people who don t take themselves too seriously. Cross check highly versatile steel commuter bike. Available at bike attack santa monica playa vista culver city los angeles. Behold the flat bar cross check.

The cross check is a versatile road bike from surly that is tough as nails as it performs astonishingly well on any surface. At first glance the surly cross check looks like a classic steel cyclocross bike but take a closer look at the beautifully appointed chromoly frame and you ll find provision for mudguards a. It s tough versatile and performs well on any surface. Frame materials of this bike are selected with an intention to produce a lightweight stiff and responsive frame.

In case you are going on a hike on gravel paths do not leave behind your cross check because it can handle such a surface. It s still the same surly cross check frame that has reliably carried people from here to there for decades only with a spec that moves it deeper into the category of practical transportation. It certainly isn t a bad bike and as a member of the steel is real movement i appreciate what surly is doing here however i feel like no matter what you are using this bike for you are making some trade offs. Cross check is a tough as nails super versatile road bike that performs astonishingly well on any surface.

Straggler disc brake pavement and steel gravel bike. Steel commuter bike that can do it all there is no such thing as one bike that can do it all but cross check comes pretty damn close. Bridge club all road touring bike. Overall if i had to rate the surly cross check on a scale from 1 to 5 i would give it a 3 5.

A higher stack helps to put the rider in a more upright position. The slr2 has slightly more stack than the surly cross check coming in at 556mm vs the cross check s 538 4mm as bike munk reports. Cross check resembles the racing bike used in road racing. A different take on an old favorite and a go to for those seeking solid two wheel non motorized transport.