Originally Posted by
RollCNY
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!
Thnaks Roll. To indulge our bike geekness even further...take a manufacturer like Specialized and compare their stack/reach geo charts between their road and cross bikes...say the Crux or Tri-Cross verus Tarmac and Roubaix. You will see stack equivalency between the two with the Cross bike having a much shorter head tube. Because some if not most cross bikes have a shorter top tube, if you want an equivalent fit for a cross bike, I would consider sizing up for say the Crux model. Sizing up on a cross bike with slightly shorter top tubes...many times creates a similar fit to a comfort geometry like a Roubaix.