It's kind of hard to see in these pictures, but I have my All-Rounder (26" wheels) set up with an older (but not too old) Campy Chorus FD. I got it for a song a few years ago on closeout at Nashbar. (Last year's model? How hopelessly outdated!)
<http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc360-michaelsmith0807.html> I have 46-42-26 chainrings and don't have any shifting issues. Hope this data point helps. Cheers- Mike in So. Boston, Mass On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Doug Peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Fellow Rivendellers: > > > > What FDs work best on an Atlantis, set up with a triple? I bought mine from > Riv as a complete bike in 03 & here's the back story: > > > > My Atlantis came with a Sugino XD crank with 24/36/46 rings & a Shimano > Deore FD (just plain Deore; no extra letters or numbers on it). Setting the > FD with as little clearance as possible to the chainstay, there is a large > gap between the outer cage plate & the big ring. I've always tried to get > that gap down to 1/16" on other bikes but this isn't possible on the > Atlantis. It's more like 3/8". > > > > The bike shifted OK with the original rings (some pins & ramps) but has > always been sensitive about FD travel & a bit prone to tossing the chain > over the big ring. A few months back I finally replaced the original rings > with a 34 & 44 that I had "in stock". Now the chain tossing has become > annoying. > > > > Just chopping off the bottom of the FD to allow it to fit closer to the > rings is an obvious kluge but if there's a simple FD replacement that's a > better fit I'd be interested in hearing it. What works for others? > > > > dougP > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
