Seriously contemplating moving from a 2008 Five (which I absolutely love) to an Alpine 160.
Basically, my new hardtail is actually very good in most places I'd normally use the Five, and there's been a few times in the past few years where I've felt a little under-gunned on the Five in the Alps/Spain.
Consequently it seems like a good time for a change.
The Five has some great kit on it, but the big difference is the seatpost size (27.2 to 30.9), headset (1 1/8 to taper) and rear axle (QR to 12mm).
Both the hardtail and the Five run 20mm forks and I do swap the wheels around quite a bit.
With this is mind, does anyone know of a rear hub that switches from QR to 12mm and back fairly easily?
And what experience have people had with taper-to-regular headset converters?
