I have TA cranks on both my Saluki and Bleriot, and I use the FSA
Gossamer derailer on both. It works smoothly. I highly recommend it.
Bleriot setup is 42x26 for town and the local dirt. Saluki is a
wide-range double: 46x28 for loaded touring. I've also used the FSA/TA
setup with a 48x36, and
I shifted a 9 sp chain over a 44/30 TA with an old Deore fd using Power
Ratchets and had no problems except for the somewhat slow upshift. (In fact,
I earlier ran a 26/46 with no problem except a very slow upshift.) I don't
recall throwing the chain, but then for the sake of best Q with adequate
Not to sound pedantic, but this might be a matter of using a FD that is
designed for use with triples vs. doubles. The angle of lift required
for triples is slightly steeper, the arc and length of the FD cage is
larger, and the range of motion is wider. Cage width vis a vis chain
width
