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Rivendell did a good blog piece about the Altus too. While it looks a bit funny, the larger wheels and bargin price make a lot of sense. I'll either go for that if/when my rear mech goes (Deore so unlikely to happen any time soon) or whatever the bike shop have in their spares bin at the time.
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Similar to Ed, I'm running square taper cranks with 42/32 rings* to an 11-28 8 speed cassette with Simplex shifters. The bike does everything - road, cross**, commuting, audax, mountains, supermarket runs without any complaints.
*admittedly they're Middleburn cranks/rings but they were crazy cheap!
**not racing, why the hell would you want to get off and run with your bike...