Quote Originally Posted by Rebecca19804 View Post
That Soma Double Cross looks great!

Sounds like your "must have" list was pretty similar to what mine was. My search led to, and stopped with, the Surly Cross Check (also in the 50cm size). It and the Soma DC look like very similar beasts, though the geometry is just a little different - the 50cm Surly having slightly shorter effective TT and higher standover than the Soma.

The bad weather hasn't hit yet but I already love my Surly - bet you'll love the Soma too!
You are indeed correct about the long tt on the Soma. I actually may need to size down to a 46. We're still figuring which size to order.

I'm probably going to set it up as a ten speed (1 x 10), so no front derailleur/less to keep clean. I'm going with Sram, which I just tested for the first time. I liked it a lot. Very simple and straightforward, and great for small hands.