This thread has been of particular interest and help as I have never performed a triple to a double with guard conversion. Currently putting the finishing touches on a homemade chain guard (a rewarding effort so far). The shared experiences here on derailer setup will be invaluable as I work through this installation.
Thank you to all! Best, Rich in ATL On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 3:45:46 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > Ben, when you say "stuck" is the chain jamming and stopping the cranks, or > is it falling between the rings? If it's just a problem of the chain not > moving over far enough to hit the granny, you may be able to adjust the > indexing (or reposition the cable in the fixing bolt) to make that shift > more solid against the chain. This is hard to explain in word pictures but > imagine a friction shift where you kept pushing down on the left bar-end > until the chain made it over to the small ring. Her shifter needs to slap > that fd cage over hard/far enough to complete the shift. > > > On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 12:31:46 PM UTC-7 Ben Miller wrote: > >> Thanks Joe, >> >> I think I'll try the chain first and see if that fixes it. Hopefully it >> will, since my GF is not terribly interested in barcons or DT shifters (it >> actually had barcons originally and I replaced those at her request with >> the R9). >> >> Ben >> On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 1:59:23 PM UTC-7 Ed Carolipio wrote: >> >>> I suggest using an FD for a road triple or a mountain triple (instead of >>> a road double) with the 38-24 cranks as those are just the middle and inner >>> chainrings the FD expects in a triple. The 105 is designed for a very large >>> outer ring (around 50-ish) in a compact double crankset (43.5mm chainline). >>> >>> Shimano CX-70 is a popular choice - as Bill points out - and it's >>> designed around a 46-30 compact crankset. The new GRX FD would probably >>> work as well since that is designed for a 46-29 compact crankset, though I >>> don't have direct experience with it. >>> >>> I like to run a mountain triple (the venerable Shimano Deore M-591) with >>> the 38-24 as well the 34-24 (low-low) and the 42-26 (Sugino XD600 with a >>> chainguard as outer ring) from Riv. I have also used a Shimano Sora FD-3030 >>> with good success: >>> >>> >>> https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/sora-r3000/FD-R3030-B.html >>> >>> --Ed C. >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 9:26:47 PM UTC-7 Erik wrote: >>> >>>> I'm working on putting together my shiny new gold Sam H that I picked >>>> up from the Rivendell shop today. Everything was coming together >>>> beautifully, until I went to install the front derailleur. It's a Shimano >>>> 105-5700 for a 2x set up. I'm running a Silver Wide/Low double with a 38 >>>> / >>>> 24. The cage on the derailed is too long to set it up with the correct >>>> spacing between the large chainring / guard and the cage. It ends up >>>> hitting the chain stay when I shift. >>>> >>>> Does anyone else on here have a similar set up with a wide / low >>>> double? If so, what front derailleur do you use? For the life of me, I >>>> can't figure out a suitable replacement for the 105 and am dreading trying >>>> to find one for sale anywhere. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts or advice? >>>> >>> -- 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/bd181a70-4297-4e41-a34a-98f48a673185n%40googlegroups.com.
