Bill Great report. RBW had these FD's on the website on Fri, 5/20/22, and they looked ok to me. They state a 48.8mm chainline. This seems excessive if you are using a 45mmm chainline road triple, like an XD-2. The FD *may not* have inward swing to shift to the Inner chain ring.
John Hawrylak Woodstown NJ On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 3:07:06 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > On the March 18th email update, Rivendell reported that the container full > of frames would also contain *1400 Front Derailers*. They indicated this > model will work with all their bikes, but they didn't say exactly what it > is, giving it the nickname "skeleton key". I wonder how much space 1,400 > front derailers will take up. > > For those who don't know what's special about "Rivendell Front Derailers", > it's a combination of a few things: > > 1. Rivendells typically have a bit more BB drop than most other bikes > 2. Rivendell builds often have a small-sized "big" chainring. Like a 42 > big ring, or a 38, or a 34! > 3. Rivendells typically have a more laid back Seat Tube Angle than most > other bikes > > the combination of those three things brings the trailing edge of the > front derailer down close to the chainstays. So close, that in many cases > you flat out can't set up the front derailer "correctly". You have to run > it floating way above the chainrings. For a lot of people, this works just > fine, and some people actually brag about it. When somebody claims that > Combination X is a problem, it's fun to retort "I have Combination X and > it's just fine!" > > Anyhow, 650B bikes have less of this problem (because less BB drop). > Still, it's something to think about. I prepared by stocking up on Shimano > CX70 Front Derailers when they existed, and now I'm super stingy with > those. I'm going to give the "skeleton key" FD a look and may buy a few of > those also. As an amateur machinist and maker, I've even dabbled with > making my own Front Derailers. > > Or, you can avoid this altogether and run a 1xDrivetrain! > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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/64c183fd-bcdc-457a-a781-0a2e528cefa6n%40googlegroups.com.
