Originally Posted by
FredyCro
Hello guys, thank you for the amazing inspiration first! Here is my conversion to be in the LBS that allows me to use their tools. The frame was rescued from a lot at a student dorm where it was to be thrown away for good, it came with an almost full STX group but in an awfull, rusted condition. It is to be more road orientated build, for now it stands as a SS, but I have a Shimano
600 6400 Ultegra mini group I plan to put on it. The front derauiller is no good since it is a bottom pull and there is no possible routing (except to weld/braze one on). I read here before that some sucessfully used road STIs with MTB FD although it is not suposed to work. One long googgling session later I found this -
Front derailleur mod to permit MTB FD with STI road shift levers- Mtbr.com.
Before I emerge on this quest, I wanted to ask if any of you had succes in doing this and what is your experience? Is simply mounting the cable on the opposite side of the bolt enough (I was thinking to file down a cable route and pin it down with an extra washer)? I plan to use the STX crank as a double (42/32) with STX FD, Ultegra RD and Ultegra STIs (2*8, road casette).
You should be able to make it work as a double using the opposite side cable mount on the front d. You will likely be using the stop to tune the front d on the inner ring but it should work. I gave up trying to make Brifters work on a triple though... First try it without the drilling for the cable pull adjustment. You may find that between the stops and the derailleur travel that it works fine. You can also get a cross front d that is top pull and has a ratio for road shifters.