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Surly Crosscheck "Trucker"

By Gyeswho on 03/25/2009. Bike tags: Commuter | Brooks | commuter | crosscheck | surly | more tags >>
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56cm Surly Crosscheck

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Brooks Professional/Campagnolo Aero

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stock, Cetma rack on front, Topeak rack on the rear, Tektro V-brake road levers, Tektro V-brakes

This bike is perfect for all around duty. It was from buying this that I had the idea of selling the IRO and buying the same frame since it is so versatile. Since it had gears, I bought a Bikes at Work trailer to make it into a full "car". The geometry is a really nice blend for road training and hauling duties.

Eventually I want to convert this to have brifters so I can switch it between road bike usage and hauling duty. The geo works perfect for doing a lot of hauling I just need to get a bigger gear cluster for when things get really heavy. So far I've hauled around 50lbs on the Bikes at Work Trailer.





People who friended this bike jellyfish, srkredliner, quinonez, GreenDream, hollowgram5, floggingdavy, brandonspeck, nruntsch, jburnha, rRooster, Batson, ObrennanO, van
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I want one!

Submitted by GreenDream on 03/26/2009.

just like this, I have a decent track bike, sweet road bike, and now if I only could build up a surly like this for touring/hauling. Perfect... you have had some really unique bikes over the years. That spectrum gt.. drooling still.

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Thanks. It's a really good

Submitted by Gyeswho on 03/27/2009.

Thanks. It's a really good frame to play around with.

Since I don't have a car the bike taste has evolved over time since it still works out much cheaper than a car. Each bike has a different use which cummulatively adds up to what 1 car can do. A car can do everything a bike can do with ease and speed, but it's not as fun or healthy :)

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killer cars

Submitted by floggingdavy on 03/30/2009.

yeah, but i can take my station wagon down some single track like i can my bike!

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