Finally got out on my new Surly Crosscheck.Bought it for myself for Xmas. Just in time for a week's rain. Off to the beach. Shrimp cocktail for lunch while watching some otters playing. Ride went from bike path to dirt to asphalt and back again. Pretty well what this bike's meant for. Got taller bars with more sweep coming. The mt bikey bars are just too low and straight for me! Old neck fracture that doesn't care for being bent much.....