Originally Posted by
cc700
The cross check is a great platform I say go for it. My nature boy is awesome but the xcheck is certainly more versatile and less expensive as a frame set.
The steamroller will fit wide tires but how are you going to clear mud with center pulls?
I think a more traditional cx bike will make more sense keeping brake costs down.
The belgiums are fantastic rims. Get a used frame before you sscxacrifice those. I guess I don't understand... Are you racing track and sscx on this? Do you want cantis or discs? The two geos are totally different and I am a little in the dark why you mentioned racing track.
I have no access to a velodrome where I live, but intend to move up toward Athens, GA in the next year. I intend to use this experimental SSCX bike as a training bike that I'm able to still utilize for CX later this year. I live on some ****ty roads (I'm in Mexico for all intentions - border wall is in my front yard - the Rio Grande is 200 yards away from my doorstep), and so I cannot sacrifice 23s to the gods - hence a set of 28s, combined running my Delgados will be my "road" wheels; the HEDs will be my CX wheels.
This is a bike that I'm very aware is lacking any perfection - its a jack of two trades. I'll get to build up my FG riding on it with up to a century of mileage and know the bike is stable on all the road surfaces it will encounter
and still be able to beat the crap out of the roadies who come out to play with us in CX later in the year.
A lot of the mixed-bag parts work well between my two bikes allowing me to get more diversity out of the "whole" of my equipment. Or so I'm convincing myself.