Old 03-22-10, 09:40 PM
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I'm not sure why it wouldn't work either. I put that same setup on my wife's and my touring bikes, Cannondale T800 and Volpe (44/32/22 with an 11-34, tiagra STI shifters, Tiagra 4503 front derailleur, Shimano LX rear derailleur). We've put several thousand miles on these bikes and never had a problem. I'm building a LHT now and am using the same setup. The only issue when going from a road or "trekking" crank to a mountain bike crank is using a bottom bracket with a shorter spindle to maintain the 45-47mm chainline. Most mountain bikes use about a 50mm chainline which road components can't handle. I just checked the specs and the 2010 Rondenee uses an "octalink" bottom bracket. This is what my wife's bike had and it is more problamatic than the square taper bottom brackets. The 2010 is definately not set up for touring!

Check with Kyakdiver, who often posts on this form. He replaced a bike he crashed with a Rondenee, and seems very knowledgeable.

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