Traveler's Check
Mat,
Traveler's Check and Cross Check are same frame and geometry. The Travs Check has the S&S couplers in them, so your second option is just adding a step with no benefit and most likely added cost. People are leery about the couplers, but they are bomb proof. They do not loosen up.
There are more than a few people on the Cross Check and Long Haul Trucker where I live. No one has much, if anything bad to say about the ride or quality of materials and workmanship.
With the Trav's Check will come extra cost. You will have to buy a traveling case for extra and they're not that cheap. You should be really comfortable with dis-assembling and re-assembling a bike.
The frame should size like most off-the-shelf bikes. I'd say go for it.
Tom
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