I'm just talking about derailers, mate. Or derailleurs, your choice.
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 12:59:09 PM UTC-7 philipr...@gmail.com wrote: > Oh man, when you said "mount it high" I tried to, but sort of lost > interest half way through the project & called out for pizza. > > > > I'll be here all week, try the veal. > > On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 2:55:35 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> When people (me) say "mount it high", it means high over the small pant >> guard which would be a bigger chainring if that triple crank still had that >> ring. But it seems to matter a lot which fd you use because they don't all >> need that trick. Here's a pic I stole from Leah's (Bicycle Belle Ding Ding) >> Instagram after remembering she uses the Silver 24-38-guard crank setup on >> her (extremely rad) Platy. I don't know what derailer that is but it's >> sitting right over the guard with barely a gap and still clears the >> chainstay. Buy whatever is on her bike! >> >> On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 11:31:20 AM UTC-7 Matthew P wrote: >> >>> Patrick that looks great. >>> Nice coupling of the two arcs of the toothless outer ring/guard and the >>> fd cage. >>> Did you really have to hack off the stop, as in, backing out or removing >>> altogether the limit screw wasn't enough? I believe you regardless. >>> >>> I'm slowly grasping a few things: >>> 1. the fd has to clear the toothless outer ring, which probably places >>> it a little high with respect to the outermost ring that has teeth >>> 1.a. when people say "mount the FD high" is it high with respect >>> to that ring (middle in the triple) or high wrt the toothless outer (aka >>> really high for the middle ring)? >>> 2. I bet that guard/toothless-ring also works great as a chain stop. >>> pretty hard to throw the chain off your biggest ring when you have one of >>> those, no? >>> But if the chain never comes off I don't get to do my current favorite >>> bike trick: put the chain back on just using the fd (and pedalling, of >>> course) >>> >>> - Matthew >>> "I passed on the bash guard triple but am liking them more" and >>> "i can always throw it off the inner ring for fun" and >>> "but I can barely get the chain there in the first place right now" and >>> "would like to see this ugly-functional fd" and >>> "doesn't yet comprehend long (road?) vs. short (mtb?) fd's" >>> P >>> in San Diego / Kumeyaay Land >>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 1:54:22 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, or as Patrick mentioned you can use any old (and cheap) Shimano >>>> mtb triple. The 24-38 Silver cranks are a triple with the big ring >>>> replaced >>>> by a smaller pant guard; if you mount the derailer in its normal position >>>> the cage contours will hit the middle and granny rings in the right spot. >>>> The only "problem" is the big gap over the pant guard looks a little >>>> funky. >>>> >>>> Joe "funky is good" Bernard >>>> >>>> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 9:01:43 AM UTC-7 Tom Wyland wrote: >>>> >>>>> I had the same question about the front derailleur and the silver >>>>> low-high 38-24 crank. It's my first build with a FD. The gist is to get >>>>> a >>>>> road double and mess around until it works? I have no intention of >>>>> spending $80 if a cheap one will work. >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- 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/b62009d9-a832-4cf3-a976-c403d8727523n%40googlegroups.com.
