I had a CrossCheck for a few years and used it for some lightweight bike-camping but always went to my LHT for real-touring of a month or more. I rode my fixed-speed for fun and my carbon for speed so the CrossCheck sat around a lot. It is a great do-all bike that's solidly middle-of-the-road. If I could only have one bike I might have kept it, but I had three that were each better at their defined task, so I sold it.

Here it is with the 9-speed XT mountain triple I used (44-32-22) (cassette 11-25).