Doug, I use a Suntour alpha-5000. Works great, although the Shimano Sora mentioned in another post should be easier to find.
Angus On Dec 17, 12:58 pm, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Fellow Rivendellers: > > What FDs work best on an Atlantis, set up with a triple? I bought mine from > Riv as a complete bike in 03 & here's the back story: > > My Atlantis came with a Sugino XD crank with 24/36/46 rings & a Shimano > Deore FD (just plain Deore; no extra letters or numbers on it). Setting the > FD with as little clearance as possible to the chainstay, there is a large > gap between the outer cage plate & the big ring. I've always tried to get > that gap down to 1/16" on other bikes but this isn't possible on the > Atlantis. It's more like 3/8". > > The bike shifted OK with the original rings (some pins & ramps) but has > always been sensitive about FD travel & a bit prone to tossing the chain > over the big ring. A few months back I finally replaced the original rings > with a 34 & 44 that I had "in stock". Now the chain tossing has become > annoying. > > Just chopping off the bottom of the FD to allow it to fit closer to the > rings is an obvious kluge but if there's a simple FD replacement that's a > better fit I'd be interested in hearing it. What works for others? > > dougP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
