Build help
I'm looking for some help/advice for a build I want to undertake. I'm looking to build a touring bike and want to use a triple crankset, and STI brake levers and shifters. I have read a lot and every time I think I have found a solution I read somewhere else it may not work. My idea is to base it on a shimano drive train. 105 levers/shifters (10spd), I want a triple with chainring sizes that make sense, pretty much ruling out the 105 triple crank. My thoughts are something like the sugino XD 500. I read that you can get a shimano 9spd deore rear derailleur to work with 10spd shifters. Recently I have read that the triple 105 front derailleur will only work with a 105 crank and chain rings, and switching to a smooth (say cycle cross) front derailleur won't work.... Is there a solution that works? At this point I'm open to any groupset that will work, but really want STI shifters. Thanks in advance.