Okay, I've run into an issue with the FD mounting on this frame.

I'm using a Deore LX M581 trekking crank with a 48T big ring. When I try to position my LX M570 FD on the seat tube, the lower bottle cage bolt is right where the clamp band needs to be to have the proper spacing on the big ring. One of the user reviews on the Nashbar site makes mention of this problem but the guy was using a tiny large chainring (42T, IIRC) so I didn't think the problem would apply to me.

So I have a couple of other FD's laying aroudn that I plan to try, but I'm also thinking of getting a "top swing"-style FD like this, or possibly an e-clamp type that attaches to the bottom bracket like this. The e-type looks interesting but I suspect it has a fixed height so you can only use it with a 44T max chainring.

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has run into this problem and how they solved it.