[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

I like it Bill! When I worked in a machine shop I always found working with acrylic more frustrating than working with metal, but it was great for prototyping stuff (less $$$) if it didn't crack and shatter! Cheers, Collin, surrounded by IronMen Racers this weekend, in Sacramento On Friday, Oct

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

Back in May I indicated that I may decide to turn an eccentric spacer for the Skeleton Key front derailer. I finally went ahead and did that today. For a little background here, most Rivendells have a 28.6mm seat tube, and most Rivendells take a clamp on front derailer. Very few front derail

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

I judge stuff like derailleurs/derailers based on how well they work. If something works really well, it's appearance actually grows on me. Pretty dramatically. I really hate stuff that looks pretty but does not work - or is difficult to setup or maintain, fails frequently, etc. Thanks, Corw

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

Bill The RBW Skeleton Key kinda looks like a MicroShift MarvoFD, see MicroShift link Marvo Front Derailleur 2x9 | microSHIFT same funky 48.8mm front chain line & 14T capacity. If so, at 1,400, RBW must have bought an entire production run. At le

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

I will go out on a limb here and predict that Rivendell went ahead and checked whether it would work before buying one thousand four hundred of them. They are the ones who have to set up their own bikes. The chainline on the Black Mountain Monster Cross is standard Shimano Road Chainline. 4

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

Bill My comment on the Skeleton Key FD chain line was meant for a full triple, not a XD-2 with a guard for the outer ring. For a triple set up as a double, the chainline should not be problem for Skeleton Key FD, since it only needs to move 8 to 10mm to shift the Middle/Inner rings. On the Sk

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

Also note that this front derailer is intended for a large chainring of 42 teeth or smaller and 14T of total difference. I doubt there are a lot of people running an XD2 road triple with a 42 tooth big ring and only 14T of difference. What would that be: 28/34/42? I doubt there are many peopl

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

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. Jo

[RBW] Re: 1400 front derailers

I find front derailleurs tedious to setup, and I rarely *need* them. Advent X is the best solution in my opinion. But I also live in th second flattest state. On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 2:07:06 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > On the March 18th email update, Rivendell reported that the contai