Originally Posted by
donheff
Good post BD. My wife and I ride Specialized Tricross bike and like them a lot. The wider tires are good on the mixed roads and MUPs we ride. The are also are fine for carrying trunk bags for light credit card touring. If we replace them at some point it might make sense to go with something like your Salsa for the increased stability.
Others that follow that pattern are the Soma ES and the Rivendell Sam Hillborne. I'm sure there are others, too. Those are steel bikes, like the Casseroll. I think Jamis has a CF bike that uses long reach brakes, but I can't remember the model. <edit> It's the
Endura.