Originally Posted by Sparda

so are you saying that braze-on is much easier to install on road bike than any clamp-on (bandon) FD would be?

in my opinion, a braze-on may be easier but i dont know if it has its own limit.. if it can handle up to 53T depends on the FD we are looking at, or was it the braze-on that the frame of a road bike has.. like Scooper was talking about.. very interesting.. but for a clamp (band-on) is much easier because you would know how to adjust it accord to the size of a chainring... up to 56.. so there is no limit to the clamp-on FD, but we both know that FD have limits for chainring (outer) to Middle or small chainring....

as we know if its triple FD, then we know most FD can handle the capacity of teeth up to 22... (from outer chainring to inner chainring). i am sure you know what i am talking.. so back to clamp-on as long as you know what you are doing on how to adjusting, it may be much useful than braze-on for any size of the outer chainring. and no limit. so whats your thought about what i said about the difference between braze-on and the clamp?