Surly Cross Check Bikepedia

Mike has contributed a time or two on the blog and here is the surly cross check he built in the spring of 2013 for a summer road tour across western europe.

Surly cross check bikepedia.

There s a reason that nearly every person who has ever worked for surly has owned one. Rad companies that support bikepacking. It s still the same surly cross check frame that has reliably carried people from here to there for decades only with a spec that moves it deeper into the category of practical transportation. Comment 8 time may 3 compose logan watts bikes.

Cross pattern spokes select cross pattern 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 36 40 48. The bicycle may require minimal service adjustments without the need of replacing any parts. Drop bars or flats gears or not chunky tires or slicks it s all been done. Cross check was the first complete bike we ever offered.

Available at bike attack santa monica playa vista culver city los angeles. A different take on an old favorite and a go to for those seeking solid two wheel non motorized transport. The cross check is a versatile road bike from surly that is tough as nails as it performs astonishingly well on any surface. The bicycle looks good may have minimal cosmetic only blemishes on the frame fork components parts and or accessories.

Since then people have modified them hundreds of different ways to suit their riding styles and preferences. At surly we make serious steel bikes for people who don t take themselves too seriously. Durable and advanced bike frames bikes surly bikes surly bikes bikes. Behold the flat bar cross check.