Originally Posted by
BikingViking793
Will a Surly Cross Check frameset work well for me? Thinking I like it a bit better than the New Albion and have a bike I could take most the parts from to build it up.
A new CC frameset costs more than your entire stated budget. And its hardly anything special in terms of design, features, butting, etc. But yeah, it can work fine if thats the geometry and style bike you want. It has canti posts, I would assume you know this but since you want a road bike(traditionally caliper brakes) I figured I will still mention that.
The CC geometry is definitely longer and lower than some other options, at least thats true at the larger end of the frame sizing.
You have had many bikes and presumably know what works well for geometry so I would guess you know if the CC geometry works in your frame size.