HI Kurt,
I picked up the cheap-y skeleton key FD from Riv when I built my 42/20
Appaloosa a couple months ago and it is frankly pretty remarkable. I am
also using Microshift Thumbies. As the ad copy says it's an "ugly
son-of-a-bitch" but it is a little shiny per spec above. It has an unusual
When changing my Riv from 3x9 to 2x11, with a New Albion 26/42/chainguard
setup, instead of using my Suntour XC Pro FD (which probably would have
worked just fine), that I've been using for ~25 years, I opted for an older
"road" double. I found a really nicely cleaned up Campagnolo Croce d'Aune