i never thought of it as such, but looking at this build it seems like it would work quite well.

sloping top tube could cause issues on the smallest sized frame, but as long as your elbow clears the biggest ring (when throwing over your shoulder) it seems like you'd be fine.

I would definitely say more mountain. They are wicked heavy, and the geometry is pretty slack with the stock fork. If you throw on a CX fork it would steepen it up a bit, but still, better to just get a cross-check.

Yeah, the monkey makes a semi-decent cross bike and a pretty wretched road bike.

..or so i hear.

word, it looked a little crossish here. its hard to find a decent single speed cross bike besides the cross check thats in my price range

rob roy!

nah i want something a little more sturdier. have yet to see a rob roy in action but i have seen cross checks and karate monkeys tearing up cross courses.

plus the cross check is a little more gnarlier in the fact that it has semi-horizontal drop outs so i can do a lot of things with it more so than the rob roy.

I've not ridden a Rob Roy, but I've seen one in real life and it
seemed sturdy, and it's probably the single most highly praised
bicycle on this forum.

jacobpriest a pic of your wacky bike is due on the fixed/ss photos thread in 5 minutes

jacobpriest a pic of your wacky bike is due on the fixed/ss photos thread in 5 minutes

thank you

yeah i wasnt gonna get into the sturdy thing. i'm not sure where it came from but who cares, i'm gonna keep beating the **** out of mine till i prove you right max :)

the horizontal dropout/derailleur hanger reason is a very good one, and i really think tony oughta consider those dropouts on the next incarnation of rr's. it's held more than a few people back from getting one.

That's it, I'm gonna remake the RR as soon as the BFSSFG IRO comes in and gets built up. That looks awesome 128.

That trail name would be way better if it were the "dip-set" trail.

And that dude owns the sickest track bike on the planet, so you can trust his tastes. ^^^^

That bike is not 128's

yea, that belongs to my friend. heres his other bike (its had some part swap arounds since)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/16...7b54f29ae6.jpg

i like the tubset used in the crosscheck as well. it has 4130 chromoly!!!

i'm still not used to how my mtb handles, but that makes so much sense!

now that i have a good lead on the cruiser i was dreaming of, this might be the next bike i start lusting after...

wow I'm soooo into this bike and I hate orange.
is the frame an Iro?

This bike rules the school.

How do the wtbs compare to more cross-oriented bars like the salsa bell lap?

i think i'm in love!

My baby
 

1970's schwinn frame and fork, weinmann LP-18 wheels, sugino cranks, MKS pedals, the whole deal. I got some toe clips coming in the mail. My first fixie -- I love it!http://photos-112.ak.facebook.com/ip...98112_4212.jpg

yes its a rob roy built as a singlespeed cross bike. thats why i posted it.

Do you happen to know the gearing on it? Looks like fun.

if you look closely theres actually two chainrings up front and a white industries DOS freewheel on the rear. im afraid i dont know the actuall teeth count, its not noted on his flickr...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/2...fbb836a1c2.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/102/2...ae3d239c49.jpg

this all proves my point of "it aint what you got, its how hard you pimp it"