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This is a 54cm Surly Cross Check in Robin Egg Blue. This frame and fork is lightly used and is in perfect condition and of course in Surly fashion it is built with 4130 cro-moly tubing and has all of the braze ons to mount fenders and racks that make this a very versatile commuter, cross ride, touring machine and daily rider. All of the SURLY stickers have been removed except the pair on the forks and seat stays. I believe this frame to be a ‘10-’11 as it has the rack braze ons mid way down the fork blades. Listed below is a detailed description of components I used to build this machine up.

Drive Train: Complete Shimano Ultegra 6500 series with very few miles which includes Octalink Bottom Bracket, 9 speed cassette 12-25, STI Shifters, double crankset 52-39, front and rear derailuer, with all new cables and housing. Chain is a brand new Ultegra 9 speed for crisp clean shifting. Shimano Ultegra 6500 Gruppo w/cables and stops.

Wheelset: Pair of brand new out of the box Velocity Aeroheads in silver laced to a Pair of Formula High Flange Ultra Lite hubs in black. Rear is 28h and front is 24h. Currently wrapped with a pair of Continental Top Contact Commuter tires 700×28. Wheels have new rim strips and new tubes and are pumped up to about 100 psi. Wheelset w/tires and tubes.

Brakeset: Pair of Brand New out of the box Tektro CR720 cantilevers in silver with new pads, and all new cables and housing.

Headset: Freshly installed Chris King “NoThreadSet” in Pewter with silver graphics, super smooth.

Cockpit: Brand new CRX.3 seat post, Surly Constrictor seat post clamp, new Bontrager Inform SL saddle in black. Avenir Series 100mm stem and Bontrager Pro drop bars, wrapped in new Salsa black bar tape with black bar plugs, Shimano SPD pedals.

Blackburn Rear Rack and SKS Longboard Fenders.

56cm Surly Cross Check in Robins Egg Blue. This frame and fork is lightly used and of course in Surly fashion it is built with 4130 cro-moly tubing and has all of the braze ons to mount fenders and racks that make this a very versatile commuter, cross ride, touring machine and daily rider. Listed below is a detailed description of components I used to build this machine up. This build is a far cry from the stock build and weighs in at 22 pounds with pedals and fenders.

Drive Train: complete Shimano Ultegra 6700 series with very few miles which includes 10 speed cassette 11-23, STI Shifters in carbon, compact crankset 50-34, front and rear derailuer, with all new cables and housing. Bottom Bracket is a brand new Dura Ace 7900 external bearing. Chain is a brand new Ultegra 6700 10 speed for crisp clean shifting.

Wheelset: pair of Mavic Aksium Race in Black laced with bladed spokes and are perfectly tensioned and trued both front and rear are 20 spoke. Currently wrapped with a pair of Specialized All Condition 700×23. Wheels have new rim strips and new tubes and are pumped up to about 110 psi.

Brakeset: a new unused pair of Cane Creek SCX-5 cantilevers in black with new pads, and all new cables and housing.

Headset: freshly installed Cane Creek S-3 with sealed bearings in Black with siver graphics, super smooth.

Cockpit: brand new Easton EA70 27.2 Carbon seat post, Surly Constrictor seat post clamp, new Selle San Marco Blaze saddle in black, Deda Newton 100mm stem and Easton EA50 drop bars wrapped in new Salsa Black bar tape with Black Fixation bar plugs. Since it is now the rainy season she has been outfitted with a pair of SKS35 full coverage fenders in silver.

56cm Luggernaut by Traitor Cycles, frame and fork are made with Columbus Thron tubing and sports beautiful lug work on both fork and frame, original powder coat for the 2010 model which is baby blue with black graphics. She has all of the routing braze ons to run a multi speed hub on the rear end, currently set up as a single speed/fixed. Components are as follows:

Wheelset is a pair of Velocity Aeroheads built by my buddy Robert Boss, they are anodized blue 32h laced with black DT spokes and red nipples to a pair Surly hubs in bronze, rear is flip/flop with an 18t fixed cog and 18t freewheel, Brand new pair of Bontrager Race Lite tires with triple flat protection (hardcase) 700×28 pumped up to about 115psi, new tubes and rim tape.

Brake set is a new pair of Tektro R538 brakes in black with Avid pulls and new cables and housing.

Drive train is a Sram P-100 with a 46t chain ring and matching sealed Truvativ Octalink BB and new Z chain.

Cock pit starts with a gold Chris King 1 1/8th NoThreadSet head set, Race Face Diabolous riser bars, black Oury grips, Traitor 90mm stem in bronze, Traitor seat post in bronze and a Selle Italia Trans AM saddle.

Super simple, very clean, awesome lugs and a blast to ride!!!!

Here is a 90’s Italian Fondriest road bike size 56cm, this baby is Dedaccai steel and has the classic wild Italian paint job and original chrome fork, a variety of paint scrapes here and there but no dents or dings, very quick and nimble and has the classic supple feel of steel. She just came off the bike rack and I built her up with Shimano Ultegra 3 x 9 6500 series gruppo, which consists of the BB, crankset, front and rear derailuers and the 9 speed Shifter STI’s, cool Mavic brakes and and nice pair of Mavic Cosmos wheels that have been barely ridden and are anodized blue. Chris King 1 inch head set, Mutant stem, 3ttt bars, Truvativ post and Selle Turbo saddle in white, all new cables and housing. This baby screams and handles like a dream.

2004 Surly Cross-Check 56cm in the Ketchup Red flavor, this frame set is basically brand new and there is no evidence that it was ridden much. The frame and paint is clear of all dings, dents and scratches. Frame saver has been applied to the interior of this frame. More frame specs can be found on the Surly site. I have built this frame up using a complete Shimano 600 Tri-Color (pre Ultegra) 6400 series gruppo.

http://www.surlybikes.com/uploads/downloads/Surly2004.pdf

Wheelset is a pair of 700c Mavic Reflex SUP rims 32h anodized powder blue laced to a pair of Shimano 600 hubs with stainless spokes and red nipples on rear and silver on the front with a Shimano HG 8 speed cassette 12-25t, very smooth and shiny. Tires are Continental Speed Kings 35mm with new tubes and rim tape.

Drive train starts with a pair if Shimano 600 shifter/brake combo that shifts thru a Shimano 600 crankset that is a double 172.5 in length with TA Specialties chain rings anodized red, 53t and 39t. Deraileurs are both Shimano 600 (6400 series) in the gun metal grey and silver color. BB is a new UN-72 sealed cartridge 115.5 in length. New Shimano HG chain for your rapid shifting pleasure, all cables and housing are brand new.

Brake set is a pair of black Tektro Oryx cantis with new pads, cables, straddle wires, new black straddle wire carriers, front Tektro black long drop adjustable cable hanger, rear sports new stainless Surly cable hanger.

Cockpit consists of the Shimano 6400 series STI shifter/brake combo with fresh hoods, alloy stem 90mm in length and Specialized 6066 ergo road bars wrapped is some comfy black Salsa gel bar tape. Headset is a red Chris King 1 1/8 nothreadset with 15mm of black Vuelta spacers. Black Surly seat post constrictor, black carbon seat post 27.2 with a Specialized Comp road saddle.

New build of an old classic; this is 53cm 80’s Fuji “Royale”.  She is the original grey color with gold lettering.  The bike has been stripped and all parts replaced accept for the brakes which is a decent pair of older Diacompes with new Kool Stop pads.  Head set is a rock solid silver Chris King 1′ threaded to a System 110mm stem and a pair of Answer riser bars.  Brake pulls are new silver Shimano and the wire is black Jagwire.  Wheel set has been built up with silver Ambrosio hubs laced to a pair of Mach 1 CFX rims with stainless spokes, pretty sweet, and brand spankin’ new!  The rubber is a new set of Michelin City 700 x 28.  This baby is powered by an older set of Japanese Signature 170 cranks, with a 42t chain ring and a new ACS 16t freewheel, the rear hub does have threads for fixed but no cog or lock ring is included.