Originally Posted by
BrokenSproket
fietsbob, Thulsadoom, and rothenfield1: Thanks for your replies but I believe you misread my post or I wasn't that clear. Not concerned about rear shifting or indexing of rear cogs. What concerns me is proper indexing of front crankset with the 8 sp brifters I have. Wanted to know which combination of derailleur and crankset will work for front indexing.
Here's where you confused me:
The front crankset now on the bike is a wonderful classic Specialized 110bcd square taper triple crank which I must unfortunately replace because there is not enough room to shift from middle chainring to outer without front derailleur hitting the right spinning arm.
If the front derailleur is moving out far enough to hit the crank arm then your derailleur simply needs to be adjusted. Then you can just use the crankset you have.
The indexing of almost any front triple brifter/derailleur/crankset combination will
probably work fine. There's only three positions and most triple cranks have close to the same distance between the rings. Just suggesting you try it before you purchase more stuff.