Originally Posted by
vonfilm
Thanks for the suggestion. I am not stuck on French components though.
Careful....That beautiful Stronglight 106 crankset might asplode if you get it too close to non-French stuff.....


I don't see any problems with using (plastic free

) Simplex triple FD's, as all my (plastic free

) Simplex FDs through the years shifted and lasted just as well as any other good RD's from the "big" manufacturers that I've used.