Getting geared up for spring

The first few races of my spring season will require more gears than I use for cross. I will need a double up front and to do that I will need a front derailleur. As luck would have it, the Gary Fisher and the Alan use the same tube frame size on the seat tube. That would leave the Fisher with just a single up front (42) and nine in the back.
I fitted out the Alan with a 36/53. It's not perfect and the derailleur rubs a bit on both ends of the gear range but it will do for now. There is also not a hell of a lot of clearance between the rear tire and the cable clamp on the front derailleur - this would not work for cross.

I also took off the top mounted interrupter brake levers and used a shorter stem. The other modification for this spring configuration was to go back to IRD fork. It's a bit heaver than the Alan (Pinarello) all carbon fork but it doesn't have that massive clearance between the tire and the top of the fork that looks a little goofy unless you are ridding fat cross tires.