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How do you find it sizes up to your road bike?
I found the Soma geometry quite hard to get my head around, in terms of top tube I could have gone for a 52, but equally because of stack/reach a 56 would have fit. In the end I got a 54 as it seemed to offer the most flexibility and less risk in terms of toe overlap or standover being an issue. Hoping it's the right choice or I'll be running a fugly teeny mtb stem!
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In terms of geometry I sort of trusted Sam from Treadly.
We decided on on a 60 based on my road bike and my (too small at 58cm size) Masi every day CX bike.To compensate for the longer Frame he recommended Soma Cowbell bars, which are fairly short and have a bit of flare to them too, and I gotta say, he was just really spot on wiith his prediction.
Of course it's early days, I have only ridden it for 20 minutes since it got built up yesterday.
If there's some dialling in to do down the line, i.e. Stem length or whatever, then so be it.
pascalo
It's a 60. Saddle and seat post came from my parts bin, and are the things that I am not sure they will stay that way.
Yes, for most of the time with will be more of a commuter/do it all bike. Plan is to get some 2.1s and see what I can do in terms of switcheroo and re-jigging on the fly, if I want to hit some dirt roads. If that's too much of a kerfuffle I will try my hand at building some wheels for a quicker swap. If I want to totally go wild I might check out options in terms of fitting a dropper seatpost.
Since I have 42 front and back I feel that hitting some dirt and gravel would deffo be possible.