Are modern FDs really that bad / hard to adjust? i learned to ride a 2x5 drivetrain (Schwinn Suburban) in 1969. That bike weighed 38 lbs, but it always shifted just fine. I rode 2x and 3x with only Campagnolo Nuovo Record FDs from 1972 to 2002, never a problem (maybe a Suntour Cyclone in there somewhere for a year or two). In common with the Schwinn FD (Huret?) was that they had smooth cages. Still have 3 bikes with Campy NR FDs. i think that many modern derailleurs are built to match a certain crank / chainring combo, and when asked to do something different, do not work as well. I did go with a friction shifted mostly smooth caged Dura-Ace FD-7800 (2003) on my Custom.
Laing On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5:38:19 PM UTC-4 Doug H. wrote: > I just changed my Clem to 1x and it’s been great. I could never adjust the > FD and finally had enough. > Doug > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 19, 2023, at 5:31 PM, Leah Peterson <jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I’ve got 1x on my other Platypus! It’s really nice to have both types of > gearing. I don’t know that I really drop my red bike’s chain but I have > done it many times on my Clem. I wish that thing was 1x… > > It’s good to hear that people like their 1x - Grant talked about it in his > blog and he didn’t have the praise for it I was expecting. > > > On May 19, 2023, at 5:23 PM, Piaw Na <pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> >> Actually, it took me a full year to get the front derailer on one of my >> bikes to shift without drama, and I've been wrenching personally and >> professionally for 50 years. On a lovely gravel road in Maine, I had just >> just passed a couple of young women on horses and started up a hill. >> Flipped the lever and dropped the chain into the chainstay. So much for >> that new paint, and so much for looking like the cool guy who had >> thoughtfully announced his presence and rolled quietly and slowly by them. >> You realize why 1x drivetrains are so popular when that happens. If you're >> not 100% confident that when you move the lever nothing bad is going to >> happen, you just don't move the lever. And you miss out on all those >> wonderful spinny gears. (Turns out I just needed to rotate the inner >> chainring 1/5 of a circle, shifts immediately and confidently, now.) >> > > I'm not a professional mechanic, and I ran 3x drivetrains for many years, > frequently running them out of spec (24t small chainring, 39 tooth middle > ring) The number of times I've dropped the chain has been innumerable. Last > year I flipped everything to a 1x drivetrain, and now I don't know why I > didn't do so earlier. I don't race, and around here when the terrain > changes you don't need a 1t adjustment, you need at least 2-3 teeth so the > bigger jumps don't bother me at all. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9xxTknUZFL8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ7BwoHd4em8G-s053jY-5DiDv-Dzw6No_24kF%3DH6K%2BriA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ7BwoHd4em8G-s053jY-5DiDv-Dzw6No_24kF%3DH6K%2BriA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9xxTknUZFL8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4E19FC41-73D6-472E-8522-69028D729E8E%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4E19FC41-73D6-472E-8522-69028D729E8E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/7aa53ea3-d1ee-44e4-91ca-23f3bf36d8e9n%40googlegroups.com.
