Surly Steamroller owners...

Ed, wash your mouth out.

As for the rest of you...
The cross check hus sliding road drop-outs, braze-ons for racks and mudguards, and different geometry which includes a slightly lower BB.
It can be run as either a fixed or a single-speed, but I would definatly want to keep a brake on it thanks to the slack down-tube angle. Personal preferance though.

Ed, wash your mouth out.

My apologise.

Your steamroller is the best.

Sharkstar do you work on bedford row? I work just round the corner and often see a bike just like yours on my lunch time walks (I'm not an old man, even though that makes it sound like I am).

That's my 'roller - locked up about halfway down. With three locks.

Ed, wash your mouth out.

As for the rest of you...
The cross check hus sliding road drop-outs, braze-ons for racks and mudguards, and different geometry which includes a slightly lower BB.
It can be run as either a fixed or a single-speed, but I would definatly want to keep a brake on it thanks to the slack down-tube angle. Personal preferance though.

from my reading of the surly webby, the steamroller has 70mm bb drop whilst the xcheck has 66mm? coupled with larger tires that is an inevitably higher bb on the xcheck?

eh?

whut?

quoi?

yay. Just collected my brand new, unridden stRoller. Now where's the nice weather for riding it?

what have weather got to do with it? just ride it you ketchup.

@Ed. Ketchup? Condiments on the delicate abuse.

Anyroad, it's dark, hurling down with rain and lightning out here. I wouldn't turn a knight out on a dog like that.

it was just wishful thinking.

My apologise.

Your steamroller is the best.

still want to see a pic of this much mooted dutchroller.

That's my 'roller - locked up about halfway down. With three locks.

sorry, just read my post back and it is a bit of an advert for where you lock up (will edit it if you want?). just in case, I've often thought 'that is an extremely well locked up bike, if I were a bike thief I'd walk straight past and not waste my energy'.

from my reading of the surly webby, the steamroller has 70mm bb drop whilst the xcheck has 66mm? coupled with larger tires that is an inevitably higher bb on the xcheck?

Cross bikes tend to have high BBs, similar to track bikes. To give a bit more clearance I guess when going over obstacles?

sorry, just read my post back and it is a bit of an advert for where you lock up (will edit it if you want?). just in case, I've often thought 'that is an extremely well locked up bike, if I were a bike thief I'd walk straight past and not waste my energy'.

Is nowhere safe any more? Probably not a bad idea, though, now you mention it. I started with the third lock after I noticed that someone had used a pair of pliers on the cable round the (Brooks) saddle, so the third cable lock goes through frame and saddle now.

better safe than sorry - done. nice bike by the way ;)

Cross bikes tend to have high BBs, similar to track bikes. To give a bit more clearance I guess when going over obstacles?

i was replying to nhatt about saying the steamroller has a higher bb than the xcheck, when according to the surly website its the other way around. in any case, tis 4mm.

wildgoose, where did you get that built like that from new?

@Velo: Rich, at my LBS to whom I am devoted. I got the frame from one of his suppliers (after a long wait). It was a long slow process of collecting parts that would work together. A lot I had to gather as he didn't have accounts with the suppliers, some parts I already had (saddle, stem, bars, grips). The wheels were off Broker here -even though I had to rebuild the rear and replace a rim -but still worked out bargainous), Rich made sure the Drive chain worked and finished off. The last thing I added was the 'one less car' decal.

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Got any proper photos mate? Of the whole bike? As fancy and artistic as they are!

he did already;

Haha funny how just before I checked back to this thread, I spotted that photo in current projects.

Sorry Wildgoose. Looks good by the way, I like SS Steamrollers done properly.

If it looks like it's done properly it's a miracle. I didn't really know what I was doing. I've built a few MTBs, but this is my first road bike build. I had a lot of help from my LBS guy who knows a thing or two about aesthetics. The thing was put together for riding around London (it's just a bike; ride it), so it had to be comfortable. Hence the fatties that gave me some issues with rear tyre/seat tube clearance but a half link sorted it out.
Thanks for the comments though

Building a nice bike has nothing to do with experience, only good taste, my friend.
Well done, I can definitely see the MTB influence and I like that in a SS road bike.

he did already;

That's a very nice looking bike! How much did it set you back?

^ no idea! Frame was £300 ish. I got the wheels for £120 and spent some money rebuilding the rear... some of the bits were in the shed already... and the rest was built up over months of research (cruising here, ogling stuff on bike sites etc), I've really very little idea. With these things, sometimes it's best not to know. The guilt and shame would be crippling!

My Steamroller has just had a change of forks, and is now rocking 4cm of headset spacers.

Proper frankenbike now.