Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,338
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I do stuff like that all the time. Do whatever suits you.
I have a SunTour front derailleur on my mostly Campy Nuovo Record equipped McLean, because the original derailleur wore out, and this was the only high-end thing I could get at the time. It works fine, and it looks good enough.