I recently sold my Titus Silk Road ATB, and my old Trek multi track, and my new Dahon folder, and my Rockhopper cheap bike challenge, and even my modern Vaast gravel bike, so my bike fund was unusually flush. As was garage space. I just bought a Surly Straggler frameset, because in the great tradition of Surly bikes, I had almost all of the parts on hand to throw at it:
The Straggler is a fine bike, really a slightly updated Cross Check with disc brakes. The slight updates are worthy: a bit taller head tube and a bit lower bottom bracket start to fix two of my biggest concerns with the old CC. With the fancy Rene Herse tires, it rolls along really well. But... I'm not really in love with disc brakes for road bikes. They stop fine. These old Shimano mechanical units are super simple to work on. But I just like the simple look and feel of rim brakes.
