Oh, I missed an important data point. I'm using a 10-speed fd with a 9-speed chain, which is as much as you can fudge that. A 7/8-speed chain would be way too wide.
On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 10:07:07 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > Yes, what Doug is saying. I think you're trying too hard to get the fd > down close to what your eyes say is the big ring, but the ring is in the > middle position on that crank. I have a 36/24 crank with a bigger > chainguard in the outer position, and a Deore XT double similar to your fd > resting above that big guard. It works fine this way, I think your derailer > needs to slide up to meet an imaginary big ring or guard. > > On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 9:47:57 PM UTC-7 dougP wrote: > >> Rivendell must have an answer. I recall hearing that the ideal gap from >> the outer cage plate to the big ring should be 2 mm (1/8") but that may be >> an ideal, not a hard'n'fast requirement. >> >> On my Atlantis, I have a 24/34/44 triple & 11-36 9 speed with a Shimano >> Deore (no other ID on it; nothing special) FD. With the FD clearing the >> chainstay by a whisker, there's a good 1/4" gap from the outer cage to the >> 44 ring. So on the 34, the outer cage plate has to have a huge gap to the >> 34 chainring. I rarely use the 44, so it's pretty much 34 for 99% of the >> time & I can get all 9 cogs without fussing. On the rare occasion I need >> the 24, everything seems to work fine; no dropped chains or overshifting on >> the upshift. All flat rings, no ramps'n'pins. >> >> dougP >> >> >> On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 8:56:06 PM UTC-7, Justin Wyne wrote: >>> >>> As much as I love the looks of this crankset, I feel like it should come >>> with a disclaimer of "good luck finding a front derailleur that'll work". >>> Does anyone else have this crankset, if so what front derailleur are you >>> using? The previous 2 I've tried can't get low enough to the big ring to >>> call it a safe distance before hitting the cage on the chainstay. Most >>> recent failure being the Shimano fdm618 low that although can be mounted >>> low enough, just cant seem to get properly adjusted enough to allow even a >>> millimeter of quiet non chain rub which requires constant trimming. I'm >>> running 2x7. >> >> -- 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/e2c2c499-c1c8-4880-ad25-6d1e964f89a3n%40googlegroups.com.
