Originally Posted by
Doug64
If your friend's Volpe was stock, she had to be tough. Her cranks were probably a 52/42/30 and the rear cluster was a 13-26. The 2007 was better with a 48/36/26 and an11-32 cluster, but after our XC trip, I still did some serious changes.
She was tough, but I think she had something larger than a 26t in back.
And we all survived with rim brakes.