Hi Jim I contacted Mark at Riv regarding upgrading the crankset on my Homer to a Sugino triple and he recommended a Shimano Claris FD-2403-B front derailer. They stock them for builds at Riv World Headquarters but don't have them in the catalog. It is not totally silver - the clamp is gray (lighter to my eye than in the attached pic). I believe it was only $27.00 and Mark spoke highly of them.
http://cycle.shimano-eu.com/publish/content/global_cycle/en/nl/index/components/road/claris/product.-code-FD-2403-B.-type-.fd_road.html It was easy to install especially after a call to Mark who refreshed my memory as to the correct procedure - something to do with not running the chain before adjusting the hi-lo screws .... Duh! LOL Regards Dennis in PDX On Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:49:53 AM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote: > > I need to buy a front derailer for my build that's going on. I was > willing to do an ugly derailer in the back because it was already on hand. > I'll switch it out later as budget allows. However, if I'm going to buy > the front, I would prefer that it was attractive. > > The first problem though was wading through the list of terms that go > along with front derailers. Top pull, bottom pull, dual pull, top swing, > bottom swing, traditional, etc, etc. > > So I found these SRAM x9 derailers that are all silver. However, they are > not available in 28.6, only 31.8. Is this workable with a shim? > > > http://www.ebikestop.com/sram_x9_bottom_pull_318mm_3_speed_traditional_front_derailleur-FD4604.php > > > -- > Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
