Old 07-15-10 | 01:29 PM
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
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From: Smugglers Notch, Vermont

Bikes: Upright and Recumbent....too many to list, mostly Vintage.

Yep thats 1st gen Cyclone.

@OP: I ran into the same problems you are having with my set up. You can probably get that FD a little lower and closer to the Big Chainring and still have it clear it on downshifts. That will help a little. And then try rotating the whole FD a few degrees so the back end of the FD sits a a couple mm further inboard.

Your 24T difference is more than the 1st gen Cyclone is technically rated to handle, its rated for 18T, but as has been shown you can go a little more than that.

Suntour made a Cage extension that bolts onto the tail end of the cage that enabled the FD to handle a wider range, they were on eBay a couple months ago and I'm still kicking myself for not picking a few up. The upside is its just a U shaped piece of sheet metal and you could probably make your own pretty easily.
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