It ain't fast, but she does just about everything. Also, they are a little overbuilt because they are meant to go (light) off road as well. However, the newest ones have all of the full rack bosses, fender bosses, and water bottle bosses of the LHT, the onlyones missing are on the fork crown and the third water bottle holder on the down tube. Honestly, its like an LHT-lite.

Take a cross check and a LHT for a spin at your LBS, and unless your planning on hauling ALOT, go with the one that feels good. If you ARE hauling a lot, and I'm talking north of 30 pounds, see if you can ride them both loaded. I don't know how tight you are with your LBS, but its worth a shot.

Only think I wish I had on my Cross Check? Disk brakes. Funny thing, Disk Trucker has the same fork as the CC, with disk tabs...