All I can say about front dérailleurs is that I've found that double FD's work on triple cranks much better than triple FD's. My Bombadil, which I ride the same as I would any road bike, for example, with a Andel 24/36/46 crank, chainline about 46 or so.... a 9-speed Shimano Tiagra 4400 double FD shifts swiftly and precise, it's simply excellent in every way ! I previously had used a 80's Deore MT60, which was slow and not so precise. *Triple cranks with rings in the 24-50 teeth range don't need triple FD's, assuming friction shifting.* The 4400 FD I'm using could easily handle a wider chainline also, as would most any road FD, at least from 9-10 speed and below.
So use a road FD , and you'll grin from ear to ear ! As for frames, a frame is a frame is a frame ..... period. Adorn it with whatever you want, call it whatever you want .....a road bike, mtb, gravel bike, yo' mamas bike, whatever bike .... it's still the same frame as it ever is . Smile and ride with Joy with it all !!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a56375f4-e9d1-4ea0-b475-eea57de764dc%40googlegroups.com.
