Originally Posted by
Grillparzer
Really? I compared a couple of the Masi models with the Surley Cross Check for a possible future purchase (window shopping) and all of the Masi models seem to have very little space between the brakes the the tire surface. I didn't see a Speciale Commuter but from the online photos it doesn't seem to be any different.
The names are kind of confusing. The "Speciale Fixed" versions are track end tighter clearance frames, but the "Speciale Commuter" has forward horizontal dropouts and is the same frame as the LHT-like Randanneur (Rando has canti brakes, Commuter has long reach calipers).
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Masi also has steel cyclocross bikes that would be a better comparison to Cross Check.