I rode a 52cm Surly Cross Check for many years as a do it all bike. Got fat and didn't like the race fit anymore, stacking headset spacers shortened the reach too much and made it ugly. I had my wife buy me a Soma Pescadero frame for christmas a couple years ago. I transfered all the parts from my Cross Check except the brakes and seatpost, and decided the new bike should get a new Brooks saddle after the abuse the old one had been through.