I recommend hunting down a nice silver set of Ultegra derailleurs. I don't have the model numbers handy, but whatever's shiny and matches a 3x9 search. I have a Sugino XD crankset on my Sam Hillborne - running as a double with the inner two rings and the outer ring filed to a chainguard. Cassette is an 11-36 9-speed. The long-cage Ultegra RD came from my Ocean Air Cycles Rambler after that bike died, but I would guess has at least 40K miles on it and still shifts like a dream. I've stockpiled at least a coupe more of these, but at this rate my children will inherit them.
Mike M On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 2:29:36 PM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all — I'm building up a Hillborne with a Sugino XD2 triple, Shimano 9s > 12-36 cassette, 113mm bottom bracket. > > I currently have Shimano XT front and rear derailers: FD-M771, RD-M771. I > figure these will work fine. Only problem is... they're hideous. Okay, I > can abide the rear. The front, though...ouch! > > I'm looking for recs for comparable mechs but in a silver. With a classic, > innocuous look. Vintage is fine. Readily available is groovy. > > Thanks! > > [image: IMG_6096.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/7d593226-da23-45c6-9c47-c7a1ce7d5c8an%40googlegroups.com.
