Finally, I think Yes. The trick seems to have been looping the cable UNDER the pinch bolt instead of over it as one would normally do. This UNDER routing was suggested elsewhere but Bill LIndsey put his finger on the Why - this FD must have a longer arm above the pivot and so logically that would require more cable travel to move the FD body X units. but lowering the attachment point just that little bit shortened the length above the pivot and so required just that little bit less cable that I could cover all the rings. Was out for a test ride today and everything worked very very well. nice smooth shifts. (though I probably still do not have enough cable to push the FD out far enough to avoid cage rub on the highest rear cogs when in the big ring. But I'll live with that until I can find that alternate FD Bill suggested.
all in all today was my happiest ride on this SH. (swapping a slightly longer stem on helped too.) thanks all for your help. Peter On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 8:50:20 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > Did you solve it? > > Joe Bernard > > 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/d6e526b7-a6b7-449f-8260-90a311dca30an%40googlegroups.com.
