anyother bikes like the surly crosscheck?

[ridebikeme]

I am building a Soma Doublecross now, and it looks like a great bike! The welds are done very well, and you can build with it whatever budget you may have. Check on the their website and see if the specs are close to what you need, and if you should need help again, check here with your questions.

Have fun in your quest!

[Kalidurga]

I am building a Soma Doublecross now, and it looks like a great bike!

I'm gonna want to see pictures of that, please Did you get the regular frame, or the one spec'd for disc brakes? I love the color of the latter.

[ridebikeme]

The model that my supplier carries is not set up for disc brakes, although perhaps there is one out there?

The frame color is black, so again, I know there are different colors. I am building this as a touring bike, so will be adding fenders and racks from Old Man Mountain. I am building wheels for it and right now can't decide on what hubs I want to use... so that's why it isn't finished. At any rate, I will post pics once I'm finished.

[Kalidurga]

Sounds like you got their "traditional" frame. This is the other one: http://www.somafab.com/doublecrossdcpix.html

I'd be happy with either one, but that silvery plum is very cool.

[Blueberry]

I've seen the midnight silver, and it is beautiful in person. My DH is building one up too - but the traditional frame, so black. Hopefully the frame will be here this week.

ETA - DRAT!! They can't order it - the distributor is out (there's a color change coming...)

[Atlas]

I have a Cross Check and am always surprised at how light it is, but this is compared to my vintage Motobecane which weighs quite a bit. I love my CC though, its my dream bike and makes me excited to go to class every day. However, I'm really tall so I'm not sure the weight or size of mine would relate. I am really happy with my purchase though and tell my partner every day how much in love with my bike I am. He just shakes his head.

[tinycities]

so looks like im going with the crosscheck because its the one that seems to fit my needs best!

and i just asked a friend who works for a small super high end bike company about used parts, and hes selling me some campy centaur from demo bikes that are barely used, in the budget of what a complete crosscheck costs. i'm stoooked. [ i wanted at least 105 on my bike. ] and i'm okay with barely used parts.

ill post about this build up! i'm excited.

oh and a big reason i wasnt into the Soma although i like soma bikes, is because i wanted horizontal dropouts!