Great, Don't rule out the Cross Check - they are $1250 and most excellent. My DH uses one as his commuter and goes everywhere on it. I rode a Disc Trucker last year on all of our dirt/gravel trips - they are $1550 and I put 2 inch tires on it and had a ball - unless there was deep sand that is

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I looked at Surly. There is a dealer about 3 hours away that has my size of Straggler in stock, but it runs about $1800 which is way more than I want to spend. It does look like a good bike, though, so thank you for the suggestion. So far no one has a Disc Trucker in stock near my size but I will keep searching around. Thanks!