Originally Posted by
BikingViking793
Thank you for the link. I compared my two bikes this morning and the differences were more obvious than I would have thought. The cyclocross seat was up a little higher and the bars are lower and the reach shorter. So I lowered the seat a little to match my road bike. I will probably need a longer stem. The cyclocross stem is super short and +6 degree. My road bike stem is much longer and +8 degree.
Hopefully you measured pedal axle to saddle top rather than just looking at the 2 bikes. CX bikes normally have a higher BB. And how about that saddle for-and-aft measurement compared to the BB? A difference there was my main suspicion. I know nothing about CX fit theory, but these people do:
https://www.velonews.com/news/cycloc...ross-bike-fit/
My takeaway from that is that you want your hands even lighter on the bars on the CX bike.