Cyclocross - Cross Check rear hub spacing

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ryandood
10-02-09, 02:11 AM
Based on the Surly website the Cross Check has 135mm rear hub spacing. Does this mean that I can run regular mountain rear hubs? Can you use 130mm rear hubs in this frame as well?

Bikes having two different rear hub spacings is making my prospective wheel buying a PITA with seeing which bikes have which spacing and wheels with different hubs..... It's getting confusing, haha

Thanks:)

seat_boy
10-02-09, 06:19 AM
The CC has 132.5mm spacing. It can take either 130mm or 135mm hubs.
jonestr
10-02-09, 11:02 AM
Based on the Surly website the Cross Check has 135mm rear hub spacing. Does this mean that I can run regular mountain rear hubs? Can you use 130mm rear hubs in this frame as well?

Bikes having two different rear hub spacings is making my prospective wheel buying a PITA with seeing which bikes have which spacing and wheels with different hubs..... It's getting confusing, haha

Thanks:)

Is there a lot of bikes running 135mm? Most that I come across run 130mm

Andy_K
10-02-09, 11:28 AM
In a lot of ways, Surly frames seem like they're designed by committee. On the other hand, they are very versatile. Sheldon Brown's "Stupid Karate Monkey Tricks (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/surly-rohloff/)" build was the logical extension of their design philosophy.

I've got a Cross Check frame on order. I love the frame, but I wish I could have gotten it without the down tube bosses.
jtgotsjets
10-02-09, 11:33 AM
It's not /that/ out of the ordinary. My Rob Roy has the same rear spacing. It actually makes a little more sense on the Cross Check, since you can run gears on it. There are not a lot of options in the 135mm track/flip flop hub area.
ryandood
10-02-09, 01:30 PM
The CC has 132.5mm spacing. It can take either 130mm or 135mm hubs.

Thank you very much. This is the exact same response I got from Surly customer service people. Literally, exactly what they said, haha. Well I guess this is just about as good as it gets then in terms of wheel selections go! I still don't know why Surly has posted on their website that the rear spacing is 135mm though?

To answer another question, no, there are not a lot of other bikes with 135mm spacing in the back (ie; Salsa La Cruz) but just trying to figure out which ones do and don't and blah blah. Its okay, bike shopping is so much fun:)

Thanks for the answers folks!
flargle
10-02-09, 03:42 PM
I still don't know why Surly has posted on their website that the rear spacing is 135mm though? Our Gnot-rite spacing (132.5mm) allows you to run 130mm road hubs and 135mm MTB hubs.
http://surlybikes.com/frames/cross_check_frame/#highlights

I think you were looking at how they spec out their Cross-check complete bike.