Originally Posted by sydney
Could have been right when it went out the door. If crank was buggered,who knows how or what else might have been too?
Doesn't matter. Unless the BB shell was welded on cattywompus...or if drop out alignment is off which can be checked...there isn't anything mentioned that can't be resolved. As to removing the braze-on and plate...the plate can be removed if need be for clearance to a clamp style FD if you are unsuccessful getting the braze on FD to work. A clamp style FD gives you more options because you can rotate it 1-2 degrees in either direction to compensate for a difficult chain line.
Honestly, getting this bike to shift properly is not that difficult.
George