Old 05-31-10 | 11:30 AM
  #3  
Jeff Wills's Avatar
Jeff Wills
Insane Bicycle Mechanic
Titanium Club Membership
Sheldon Brown Memorial - Titanium
15 Anniversary
 
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 10,168
Likes: 1,135
From: other Vancouver
Originally Posted by HillRider
You will probably need a new bottom bracket to match the triple crank.

Your shifters should allow shifting to all three chainrings with either a double or triple front derailleur.

Your current front derailleur should work ok with the new crank. The problem you report with the chain hitting the tail off the derailleur is common in small-small but there is absolutely no reason to ever use those gears so the "problem" is easily solved by avoiding it.
+1. Small-small derailleur rub sometimes happens with triple-specific derailleurs. Not a real issue.
__________________
Jeff Wills

Comcast nuked my web page. It will return soon..
Jeff Wills is offline  
Reply