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3 month old post, but I wish I'd never read it. Knowing that the reach is the same on the 54cm CC and the 56cm CC basically confirms I have the wrong frame size, should have got a 56.
If I wasn't sentimental about the one I've got having taken me on tour, I'd replace it, but I am so it stays!
yoshy-
Doesn't matter dude, you got it to fit you, that's all there to it.
It'd be a little worryingly if you have to go to some great extend to make your CC fit you, but you managed, you got the advantage of being easier to get on and off the bike, as well as less vibration going up the seatpost.
TBF I rode a 52cm CC and was fine, abet with a +10 degree stem.
edscoble
Cross Check are awesome bike, it's the kind of bike you can do whatever you want on it.
You can run it as a CX bike (bit hefty but work fine), a fixed wheeler, a tourer, a roadie, even a town bike.
My advice on sizing - forget all the "go size up/down" advice, check the stack and reach and compare it to your current Steamroller, then choose the one that look like it's a good fit (could be same reach with more stack, or shorter reach with same stack etc.).
e.g.
53cm Steamroller;
Stack - 531
Reach - 394
54cm Cross Check;
Stack - 538
Reach - 394
The 53cm Steamroller and 54cm CC is almost identical in sizing, meaning you can get the 52cm one and have a zero degrees longer stem, or the 56cm* which is exactly the same size as the 54cm but with a longer headtube.
*CC 56cm;
Stack - 556
Reach - 394