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08-05-08, 11:03 AM
I am building up a road bike for my wife and plan using a R600 compact crankset (50/34) with a SRAM 9-speed cassette. I recently ordered Tiagra derailleurs from Nashbar to complete the drivetrain. This is the front that I ordered:
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=600083&subcategory=60001037&brand=&sku=22608&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=Shop%20by%20Subcat%3A%20Front%20Derailleur
mainly because it said it was compact crank compatiple and had a multi-clamp that should work with the 31.8mm seat tube. But when I received it and opened it up it looked completely different than the picture, the clamp was for a 34.9mm tube and there were no shims or other provision to make it properly fit a smaller tube. Also, the instruction specifically list the maximum chainring difference as 15 or less, not the 16 that my (and most other?) compacts have.
I called Nashbar and talked to a tech who told me that 1)The picture on their website for that product is wrong and that the double which I need is longer slender like the one that I received. 2) They forgot to send the shims and he would send a set right out. And 3) that the one they send would in fact work fine with a 16t chainring spread.
So can anyone confirm or deny what I have been told? I don't have the rest of the parts yet to actually test it out.
Thanks, Steven.
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=600083&subcategory=60001037&brand=&sku=22608&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=Shop%20by%20Subcat%3A%20Front%20Derailleur
mainly because it said it was compact crank compatiple and had a multi-clamp that should work with the 31.8mm seat tube. But when I received it and opened it up it looked completely different than the picture, the clamp was for a 34.9mm tube and there were no shims or other provision to make it properly fit a smaller tube. Also, the instruction specifically list the maximum chainring difference as 15 or less, not the 16 that my (and most other?) compacts have.
I called Nashbar and talked to a tech who told me that 1)The picture on their website for that product is wrong and that the double which I need is longer slender like the one that I received. 2) They forgot to send the shims and he would send a set right out. And 3) that the one they send would in fact work fine with a 16t chainring spread.
So can anyone confirm or deny what I have been told? I don't have the rest of the parts yet to actually test it out.
Thanks, Steven.