I might try that, or one that will fit my Sovereign!
Time for another update.
1336 miles on the Denali and having a few problems! BUT...none are related to the original bike components.
You may remember I bought a new rear wheel when I had difficulty removing the stock freewheel...only to find out later that I could have removed it with a different tool. Oh well. In any event, it's spokes went way out of tension and started making noises. I retensioned and trued the wheel, all is well. The stock front wheel still has perfect spoke tension and is still true. It hasn't been touched since new.
My replacement Sora front derailleur, which I bought because the stock Denali one wouldn't work with my Dura Ace crankset, has snapped. So at the moment my Denali is disabled. After some careful shopping, it looks like my component mix is about to get a little bit weirder.
I found a brand new Campagnolo Veloce silver double front derailleur for twenty bucks. That's more than the $9 I paid for the Sora but I think it's also better quality. I'm not familiar with Campy or their prices, but they seem to be more or less equivalent to Shimano 105 or perhaps better? How did I do on the price, for those of you in the know?
But yes, Campy on a Denali. That ought to send some purists into fits. But I don't mind, my bike has been good to me and none of the original stuff has had problems.
My only complaint is that the gears could use improvement. They're a little too high for the hills around here. That may be why my front derailleur snapped...I shift between the inner and outer chainrings a LOT to get in my lowest gear for hill climbing.
So yeah, my Denali will soon be a mixture of Suntour, Shimano, Campagnolo, and Tektro components. All that's missing is SRAM. Maybe I could get a replacement SRAM cassette to fix my gearing concerns?
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