Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
So, you broke a bunch of spokes on your 36 spoke wheels. Thus replacing the wheels with 32 spoke wheels on the new bike? Ok.
The two bikes really look so similar it took me several seconds to realize that they were different bikes.
Is there a reason that the new bike has both brifters and bar end shifters?
Jumping to conclusions! But well spotted!
The rim-brake wheels with broken spokes are being rebuilt.
The 32 spoke disc wheels are the original Volpe Disc wheels that I have now put 32mm Gator Hardshells on for light tour/randonées I’m having a set of 36 spoke wheels built up for loaded touring. Those will have 37mm Top Contacts. It’s basically a back up of all the spare parts I had and a great deal on the second hand bike.
I’ll be lending it to a friend for a two month tour together of Japan next year. It’ll fit him good. So not just redundancy.
I put the front derailleur bar-end on (an old one I had lying around as the rear one broke) to solve the problem of road brifters with a MTB crankset (wider BB). MTB front derailleur as well, of course. So brifter for braking, bar-end for shifting.
Rear brifter works normally.
Here’s a picture of my commuting Volpe: 😂 I’m a guitarist. Ask any guitarist, they’ll give you a nod and a ’yup’.
n+1
Uh, I’ve got other bikes as well, but these are the Volpes
