A Muzi wrote:
Since she just left here on a new Bianchi Volpe with Michelin 700-28
it seems to have worked out OK.

SMS wrote:
Good choice. I see that Trek finally corrected the crankset problem on
the 520 after so many years. For 2008 it's 50/39/30, for 2007 it was
52/42/30. The Volpe is 28/38/48T, which is better for loaded touring,
though I really like the 48-36-26t on the Surly LHT.
I notice that the Volpe doesn't have the front low-rider rack braze-ons.
Too bad.

Many feel that a banded upper lowrider mount is preferable to a hole in
the fork blade. That's more a quibble than a crisis on an otherwise
exceptional touring bike.

p.s. a subset of Volpe owners ask for 53t outers despite 48x11 = 118 inches!
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