Took a break from riding today to give some love to my All City Space Horse. Since I snapped a crank arm in October it made sense to finally convert this to a 2X setup. I now have the same gearing as my Crust Bombora: 42/26 up front and 11-speed, 11-42 in the rear. I kept the Deore derailleur in the rear (this particular one is supposed to work with a reduced range in 2X) and managed to find a clamp-on 105 front derailleur pretty cheap last year.
The main component I splurged on is probably obvious to the bike dorks: White Industries cranks and their updated VBC chainrings. I’m sure folks have snapped cranks of all sorts, but I have a little more faith in these than the cheaper dudes I broke.
Rear shifts with the Ene Ciclo 11-speed friction shifter and I have a microSHIFT in friction mode for the front. I’ve run the cabling and adjusted the derailleurs, so all that remains is waxing fresh chain and zip-tying the cables in place. Then it’s ready to hit the streets again!
