Surly Pacer question

[Bethany1]

I tried out a Surly Cross Check and went down a size. Go figure. Loved the bike but like my Salsa Fargo. They have totally different numbers for their fitting. Go check it out! My next bike might be a Surly. Great bikes..all of them.

[Rebecca19804]

I tried out a Surly Cross Check and went down a size. Go figure.

No, that's pretty typical with Surlys. Again, it's their slightly-longer-than-average TTs.

With a much shorter stem, my 50cm CC now fits but -- in a perfect world -- it'd be considered technically too big. Indeed my fitter was not optimistic about getting a fit he'd consider "good enough", even with all the swap-outs. But it's all been okay after all -- and I'm a long distance rider so comfortable fit is pretty important!

Shame they don't make a 48cm. I did try a 46cm but that felt like a clown bike.

[Owlie]

No, that's pretty typical with Surlys. Again, it's their slightly-longer-than-average TTs.

With a much shorter stem, my 50cm CC now fits but -- in a perfect world -- it'd be considered technically too big. Indeed my fitter was not optimistic about getting a fit he'd consider "good enough", even with all the swap-outs. But it's all been okay after all -- and I'm a long distance rider so comfortable fit is pretty important!

Shame they don't make a 48cm. I did try a 46cm but that felt like a clown bike.

Darn. I was looking at a Cross-Check, and looking at the geometry, there's no way. The ETT is longer than that on my too-long current bike! Like you, I'm wishing they made a 48cm, because a 46 cm at my height would be ridiculous!