What derailleurs have you been breaking? My Hilsen has a 44-41-24 triple setup. This originally came with a nondescript "wide-range triple" front derailleur, which shifted miserably.
I then put on an old SunTour Supurbe "racing" derailleur. This shifts like a dream on the 17-tooth jump from the small chainwheel. The Supurbe came off my old bike with a 49-44-26 TA chainset, where it also shifted quite well over the 23-tooth jump. That old bike now has a old Huret Jubilee front derailleur, which is quite serviceable, despite the apparent delicacy, for a bike that doesn't get ridden much anymore. Reading elsewhere I have found numerous comments that a "standard" racing double often works better for extreme jumps than a wide range triple. This may be because the shorter cage is stiffer. Your 14-tooth difference should present no problem. An added benefit would be that the shorter cage would allow the front derailleur to sit closer to the outer chainring without interference with the chainstay. An old Campy Record might do the trick. The Shimano FD CX70 sold by Rivendell <http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/d14.htm> might work as well for your wide double. Cheers. -- 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.
