In 30+ years of riding, I've never had problems with front derailleurs. Now in the last year, I've had 2 break on me during "normal" riding. The first was a Shimano CX70 on a brevet last summer. I had some problems with the cage bending out due to chainsuck on that guy, so I wasn't too surprised.
The other day on my commute home, I popped the cage on a Campy Centaur triple. It was a similar break at the top of the cage with a clean edge break. It doesn't feel like I'm hard on the shifting, but something must be up. Both breaks have been on my AHH with a Rene Herse 44x28 crankset. I adjust the derailleurs to be close to the top of the big ring with 1-2mm spacing as spec'd. No problem with another CX70 on my Hunqapillar and XD600 48x34 double. Similar mileage, and if anything, more abuse. Here are some pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonehog/sets/72157646102516140/ Any suggestions? Do they just "not make 'em like they used to"? Brian Hanson Seattle, WA -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
