Originally Posted by DarthMuffin

I like the Crosstrail, but I don't recommend the 2011 Crosstrail Sport Disc. Any other year or model should be great, but I had nothing but problems with the Tektro disc brakes and Specialized finally replaced them under warranty with Juicy 3.5s. None of the other models come with Tektro discs, so you should be good.

The tires are a little more vulnerable to goatheads than I'd like, but thorn tubes seems to have taken care of most of the problem. I will probably be replacing the tires with something else in a while.