Feel free to disregard if you've already scored. But I generally want to 
know what chainrings somebody's shifting, and maybe a little bit about the 
frame, before matching them with a front derailleur. Yeah, most anything 
can shift most anything, but if you're running a subcompactish 46/30 or 
such, one of the newer fders designed for smaller outer rings might work 
better. Shifting can be a little cleaner when the cage radius matches the 
rings better, and the shorter cages can help avoid grief. Like, fer 
instance, if you're trying to run a smaller outer ring on a bike with 
above-bb der cable guides, sometimes a longer vintage fder cage rear 
section hits the rder cable before you can get the fder low enough over the 
outer ring. Ask me how I know....

I'm thinking you were looking for subcompact cranks, but I'm fuzzy on what 
you actually landed, and can't recall what frame all this stuff is going on.

Paul Brodek
Hillsdale, NJ USA

On Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 10:58:43 AM UTC-4, Joel wrote:
>
> Looking for a nice (NOS) double front derailleur. Open to other vintage 
> brands
>
>

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