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Spotted this rat a moment ago. Totally IDGAF, love it.

Started gathering some parts: The Humpert bars from Bikester didn't fit my plan, so will return it. Grabbed some 760 mm/9 deg. backsweep bars from BBB at LBS. The measurements are similar to Alpkit's Confucius and will use them fugly barends to emulate those bars. Also got that Selle Italia X1 for a steal, which will be put on the Genesis. The sexy pink grips was free and will end up on my Confucius copy. Only need to gather some brake levers and a shifter and the Cross-Check will be ready for a rebuild. If anyone have a right hand Paul or VO thumbie mount to sell, I'm interested!

I remember a guy in my class at high school built something like that, except that he put the engine in the triangle and replaced the rear wheel with tracks from an old snowblower. It worked and he still lives today. Wish I had some pictures of that crazy creature.

Good to know! Think the road gearing would be OK for me, not a fast rider and not riding in fast groups either. Did a club ride last week, avg. was 23-25 km/h. 42x11 never seemed to low to keep up the pace with the guys on proper road bikes.

I'm thinking 34 or 36 x 11-42 on my light touring gravel bike and 42 or 44 x 11-36 on my all-road/road plus bike. Do that sound reasonable?

Indeed, it's a cool frame. A bit ashamed for letting it deteriorate to this extent.

Regarding the Breezer referred to with a question mark in the title: It's an old school Breezer Storm frame that has been abused by being my Foodora bike for a year and a half. Except for occasional cleaning of the drivetrain, it was almost never washed and it's covered in grime and dirt. One day the rear wheel broke and a few weeks later the headset was completely wrecked, leading it to be left to rot in the basement. The chainset, bar ends, stem and brake levers are still usable and will probably be moved over to the Cross-Check. I also think the frame is structurally fine, so I want to build it up as a pub rat.

Medicine, kudos to you for that! You really deserve your vacation months then!

I've got an MA in Product Design. Now I'm just looking for a related full-time job and tinkering with bikes until I start in a short time job for my uni in July.

You want single speed compatibility, no disc, a lot of mounts and clearance for big tyres? Surly Cross-Check then?

It was actually your hack that made me check out Humpert. Unfortunately, the Climber doesn’t seem to be available at the Norwegian Bikester, so I took a chance at the Moon. The result will probably be closer to the VO Crazy Bars rather than Jones tho’.

Glad to hear that you will follow! Good to know that I'm not the only cheapskate these days. May I ask what you've graduated in?

Regarding the Cross-Check, I just ordered some stuff from Bikester including a Humpert Moon handlebar which I think might be a good base for pseudo-Jones.

I've been a long time lurker who has spent a lot of time looking at the projects here, but hasn't contributed much myself yet. As I enjoy reading about, and building bikes, as much as I like to ride them, my Surly Cross-Check have gone through a lot of rebuilds the five years I've owned it.

Lately, I've been playing around with the idea of converting it from a drop bar gravel-grinder-ish bike to a flat bar light tourer inspired by t0-ster's fabulous Titanium Adventure Bike. Though, as I also want a drop bar gravel bike, I have been a bit hesitant to actually do the conversion with my only capable bike. At least until I stumbled upon a quite cheap Genesis CdA framset (cheap for my country, at least) in a nice baby blue colour. Since DBAD and steel is real I decided to bring it home:

As I just have graduated from university and haven't got a job yet, I'm close to being broke. The progress will probably be a bit slow until I start to earn some real cash, but the plans are by now: Build up the CdA as a "road plus" bike with 650b wheels and 47 mm WTB Horizons. Probably with drivetrain from the Cross-Check, but if I manage to find something really cheap or get a job quite soon, a new drivetrain with brifters (haven't decided if I want SRAM 1x10 or Shimano 2x10 sub-compact then). If the drivetrain moves over to the CdA, the Cross-Check might get a cost-effective 1x9 drivetrain (but I really like the 11-42 10-speed cassette it have now). It will also get some DIY handlebars emulating Jones, Alpkit, Velo Orange Crazy Bars and so on. Fenders and a dynamo front wheel could also be cool, making it even more functional.

My Cross-Check in a bit more functional setup than last time:

Hot day basketpacking mode.

You're probably right, might be better off with a wider bar with a bit of back sweep.

I like the looks of a narrow flat bar (50 cm-ish) on a CX/gravel-frame. Also almost never spending time in the drops and it's cheaper to get compatible MTB drivetrain parts. Started talking about it with a friend who considered getting a narrow bar hybrid some days ago, and the idea has grown on me.

Found this on a local forum. Makes me want to put flat bars on my Cross-Check.

Let us hope it's only a mockup then.

I don’t think the racks are mounted.

This is too good.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Readers Cross-Check, with a mullet. Quite functional and hopefully not anti.

Pedalroom link.

Also, helped a friend building this GT beater. Trying to convince him to get a Wald for max functionality. Would like it even better if he put a black saddle on it, tho'.

Pedalroom link.

Do you still need a frame? I have a 50 cm Cross-Check I might be interested in selling. It's located in Norway.