I remember seeing my first Volpe in a shop that went out of business in 1989, my sketchy memory says it might have been as early as 1986 that Bianchi first intro'd this model...and it definitely had 700c wheels and knobby "cyclocross" tires. They kind of positioned it as a do-all hybrid combined with an entry CX combined with a dirt-road touring rig...I studied the bike carefully on several visits but never bought one.