That's an M735 front der. I think you may have better luck with an M737.
The M735 has a really long lever arm, which requires a lot of cable to pull it. The M735 was pretty much only used with thumb shifters, which had a comparatively large barrel, and thus pulled a bunch of cable. The M737 has a shorter lever arm, and does not require as much cable pull to move it around. Those were intended to work with rapidfire shifters, but worked well with barcons. Here's one: New Shimano Deore XT FD-M737 Front Derailleur Bottom Pull 28.6mm Clamp 8 Speed | eBay <https://www.ebay.com/itm/174794250418?hash=item28b28c98b2:g:hQMAAOSw1kxgvW-6> It's possible you can get your M735 to work. Two minutes in my workstand and I could tell you. Your setup method as described sounds good. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:17:46 PM UTC-7 lug...@gmail.com wrote: > I am having trouble making a triple setup work on my Rivendell Sam > Hillborne. > I am trying to use a Specialized "Flag" triple crankset and a Deore XT FD > and Shimano barend shifters (set on friction.) > > I have I think followed the standard FD setup steps. > - in Small Front/Big Rear set the limit screw to just allow the chain to > clear. > - set the FD cages basically parallel to the chain rings > - allow a coin's thickness height clearance of the cages over the big ring. > - while the Specialized "Flag" triple crank is not in Sheldon Brown's > database of compatible Cranksets and BB I think I used a 117mm axle BB and > the small ring seems to just be clearing the chainstay reasonably. > > But I cannot seem to get enough "throw" to both shift into the big > chainring AND to drop down into the small ring. > > As I wasn't even sure the XL SH would fit or work for me, I was basically > just trying to set it up quickly to see if it fit. > it seems it does. > But having quickly grabbed a few parts that I thought might work maybe > just dipping into my parts bin for parts I think should work has left me > again with incompatible components. > and know my setup problems have nothing to do with the frame but, here's > the real quesion - AM I NOT CORRECT that a Deore XT FD and Shimano (or > other) barend shifters are one of the setups of choice of Rivendell riders? > should these not play together well. should a shimano LH barend shifter > have enough range to cover a triple shift.?[image: Hull SH.JPG] > [image: SH FD side view.JPG] > [image: SH trip FD alignment.JPG] > [image: SH RH barend.JPG] > -- 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/2bd3f1fa-2c67-4dce-b933-bcd109881c03n%40googlegroups.com.
