Ed, for what it's worth my Sam has a CX-70, 8 speed chain and XD-2 crank with 43/34 rings. I can ride the top 4 rear cogs in the 43 without any chain rub but it can require a slight bit of trimming from time to time. The 34 ring runs quietly through all 8 cogs. No doubt the Claris will work fine for you. Full disclosure: I have a new Claris as a spare.
Regards, Richard On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 7:27:26 PM UTC-5, ed wrote: > > I would like to seek your advise to help me build my 55 Cheviot. > Bought it from Rivendell when I visited them last September 16, 2016. > The headset, fork, and bottom bracket were pre-installed by Riv. > > This is my first full bike build so pardon my ignorance if I have chosen > the wrong set of components to make this work. > Currently I am having trouble getting my front derailleur to work quietly. > The chain keeps rubbing the side of the derailleur (CX70) even after > making adjustment to the limit screws. > > These are the gear components installed: > > Shifters - IRD Silver SOS power ratchet Thumb shifters > Front derailleur - Shimano CX70 > Crank - Sugino XD2 wide/double crank 40t x 26t > Cassette - SRAM 8 speed 11-32 > Rear derailleur - Shimano Altus (RD-M310) > Chain - Shimano 8 speed chain IG-51 (116 links then added 2 more links > because of the longer chain stay) > > Anyone care to comment/suggest on what I could have done wrong before I > give up and just bring my bike to our LBS. > > Ed Fausto > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
