Originally Posted by
Campag4life
a typicall cross bike with have an axle to crown fork height of 410mm or so...and typical road bike 375mm +/-. So for general comparison purposes and again there are exceptions...a head tube on a cross bike....with typically be about 35mm shorter for the equivalent height road bike frame. This is a general guideline and as noted there are exceptions.
Thanks for pointing this out Campag. I have been eyeballing Pacer vs Cross Check, but couldn't figure out the shorter head tube on the Cross Check. With less BB drop and a shorter head tube, I was picturing larger saddle to bar drop, but now the numbers all make more sense. Another excellent post!