I'll agree - a road derailleur works find for this. I have a Dura Ace 7700 FD shifting 46/26 nicely, in an indexed drivetrain, even.
Will On Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 9:48:10 PM UTC-4 Drew Saunders wrote: > I’m using a c. 1990 Campy Croce d’Aune FD with my New Albion 26-42-(chain > guard) one-by-plus-granny and it works great! I concur with the suggestion > of getting an older road style FD, pre-brifter era. I’m guessing anything > c. 1995 or earlier should do. > > Drew > On Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 6:46:59 PM UTC-7 Bernard Duhon wrote: > >> I am (was) running >> 1. campy athena triple front derailleur >> 2.Rene hearse 42X 26 crankset >> 3 Campy 10 speed 11X28 rear occasionally switching to shimano 11X34 >> 4.Ultegra 11 speed rd >> 5. Friction shifting >> 6.front Worked ok but not great >> 7 due to operator error front derailleur bent out of wack.. >> 8.seat tube 28.2 >> >> Any recommendation for a replacement? >> Rivendell is out of the Stubby >> >> >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e0e4a9fe-f2e5-4ae1-acbe-e9c63cc01094n%40googlegroups.com.
