Originally Posted by c_m_shooter

I had a Cross Check as my do it all commuter/tourer/weekend group ride bike for 15 years. It was great mechanically ( I did wear out most of the original parts and replace them eventually), but the geometry is a little "different". In my 20's the long top tube and low stack height worked. Eventually I got old and fat and needed something with more stack height. I moved all the parts except the brakes from it to a Soma Pescadero frame a couple years ago. It is a nice comfortable road/touring bike, but lacks a little of the Cross Check attitude that makes you want to bomb trails and jump it off stairs. Maybe that is me getting old also...