Maybe I simply don't shift aggressively, but like Laing I never had problems with wide-range 2X compact front setups and even triples back in the 7-speed days seemed to shift fine in and out of the granny with a little care; at any rate, that's what you did if you wanted to get up a steep hill, and dropped chains were not a frequent problem.
Could ever wider cassettes contribute to throwing chains off chainrings? Now trying a "granny-granny" Mt. Tamer Quad in a 4-ring setup: that didn't work smoothly, but apparently they worked for some people because they stayed on the market for decades. On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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/CALuTfgthyeE9dShH2z%2B4y5AzY4%3DEUN7u_s9R6EXB66bCtd6oRg%40mail.gmail.com.
