Thanks for your help.
I didn't interpret the OP as having a high normal fd but that the new crank, despite the shorter spindle, sits further out from the frame and the fd's travel isn't enough to reach the big ring. He said pulling the cable by hand still didn't move it far enough which implies a standard low normal fd.
This is correct.
I tried adjusting both limit screws just to make sure.
I've just noticed I may have made an octalink version error. The bottom bracket is v1 (
this one) while the cranks are mountain bike ones (but they don't specify that they're V2
here).
Could this miss-match cause the chainset to sit further from the frame than it should?