Originally Posted by
Loose Chain
The Surly Cross Check is a cyclocross type frame/bike, the head tube is quite short and the bike, in most sizes has a horizontal top tube, as a result, there is no way to get the bar tops up level with the seat unless you leavfe the steering tube very long and stack spacers or cut your own spacer.
That depends on how much seat tube you have exposed, I guess. Mine meets your qualification for not having an excessive spacer stack, though I understand some people don't like this type of stem angle. Personally, I like it and had the steerer cut short so I could use this type of stem.
