The cross-check was the third frame we ever offered. 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 that's not how most people use it. It does as good a job getting you across the country as it does getting you across town. 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 cromoly steel, high quality drawn tubing 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, so you can outfit it to suit where and how you'll use it.
We offer the cross-check as a frameset and also in complete bike form. In fact, we've got two versions of the cross-check complete. One is a 2x9, with drop bars, cantilever brakes and traditional bar-end shifters. The other is a singlespeed, geared 42/17, with a salsa motoace riser bar, avid v-brakes and comfy, capable 42mm continental tour ride tires. Both use the same frame so you can change it up later if you want. There's a reason we still offer the cross-check after all these years. The frame is comfy, tough as nails and super versatile. We continue to hear from people for whom the cross-check has long been their default go-to bike simply because it performs so astonishingly well.
Bike specification
frameset
frame: surly cross-check, surly 4130 cromoly steel. Main triangle double-butted. Tig-welded
fork: surly cross-check, 4130 cromoly, lugged and brazed. Sloping crown with threaded eylets, tapered and butted curved blades with mid-blade rack eyelets, dual dropout eyelets
seatpost clamp: surly stainless, 30.0mm
drivetrain
crankset: andel qrsc31-227xr, 48/36t
bottom bracket: andel,
front derailleur: Shimano Tiagra fd-4600, silver
rear derailleur: Shimano deore rd-t610 10 speed, black
cog or cassette: Shimano cs-62-10 , 11-32 10 speed
chain: kmc x10, nickle plated goodness
components
headset: cane creek 40, 1-1/8". Black
brakes: Tektro m370 linear pull, black
brake levers: Tektro rl520 long pull, black/silver
shifters: microshift bs-m10 10 speed shifter, friction/index adjustable; black
stem: kalloy as-008, 26.0mm bar clamp. Aluminum, 4-bolt. Black
handlebar: salsa bell lap, black
saddle: velo vl1353, black w/cromoly rail
seatpost: kalloy sp-368 non-offset [42-50cm]; kalloy sp-248d offset [52-64cm], 27.2mm. 300mm. Black
extras: some pretty sweet & comfy cork tape
wheels
hubs: Shimano hb-t610-l, qr. 32h. Black
rims: alex dh19 700c 32h doublewall, black w/ machined sidewall
spokes: DT swiss champion, 14g
tires: surly knard, 700x41mm 27tpi
colour: gloss black
complete bike spec subject to change