I decided to use these Suntour XC pedals instead of the originals because I want at least one bike without toe clips. This will be my first bike without toe clips since I was 15 years old. Might be hard to get used to, I think I'll feel like I'm about to fall off while I'm riding.
Bianchi Volpe winter project
- Thread starter tedhodson
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I finally got wheels built for this so I can get it ready for spring. Suntour XC Pro hubs on Sun rims. I got a pair of 43 mm wide Panaracer gravel kings and they fit with about 6 mm around the fork.
I've been having trouble finding a 26.6 mm seatpost. My dream find would be a Suntour post, until then I found this unused Tioga post for a good price. I'll cut it shorter. It was not easy to get the seat rails in because of the front screw being hidden under the saddle and both screws being short. They are in blind tapped holes so I couldn't replace them with longer screws otherwise they would have bottomed out.
I've been having trouble finding a 26.6 mm seatpost. My dream find would be a Suntour post, until then I found this unused Tioga post for a good price. I'll cut it shorter. It was not easy to get the seat rails in because of the front screw being hidden under the saddle and both screws being short. They are in blind tapped holes so I couldn't replace them with longer screws otherwise they would have bottomed out.
dirttorpedo
Senior Retro Guru
Volpe - how cool. They are probably considered a CX / gravel bike. Sheldon Brown wrote about the bike in very favorable terms.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/volpe.html
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/volpe.html
Thanks for that link, I'm glad his articles are still available.
