I've put an IRD Alpina-d front derailer on my Sam Hillborne. It's a braze-on model of the derailer bolted to a separate clamp.
As a practical matter, it works fine. However, I notice that when I shift to the smallest ring (24) on my XD2 triple, the derailer cable interferes with a black cylindrical roller that is part of the derailer's mechanism. This interference doesn't adversely affect operation as far as I can tell. But it makes me wonder if my positioning and/or angle and/or adjustment of the derailer is as intended. It's the first time I've actually started with a bare seat tube and put a derailer on it. I mean, I've adjusted front derailer cables and have even replaced an existing derailer (with an identical one). But in neither of those cases did I actually decide where to put the derailer or how to arrange it. I can shift to all three rings; the limits are in place to minimize the likelihood of shifting into the chainguard or the chainstay. It just seems odd that the cable and this roller-thingy ever touch at all, let alone with enough interference to put a little curve in the cable as it does. Anyone else have this setup? If so, do you have this interference? I don't want to just start trying different positions on the seat tube without having any idea of whether this is "simply gonna happen" or not. I want my beausage to come from riding, not my ignorance or mechanical incompetence. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
