Thread: Best bottom bracket option for touring
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Old 08-07-13 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by hybridbkrdr
...and if you choose a triple crankset, then you'd need a triple front derailleur. (Apparently double front derailleurs can't be modified to use it with a triple crankset.)
If he or she currently has a triple derailleur, I assumed he or she would keep using that since that was not cited as something that needed to be changed.

I use vintage Suntour front derailleurs from the 1970s and 80s, they work with anything.
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