Originally Posted by
eastbay71
Sorry for the thread hijack but @
goldenboy how does that Suntour front derailleur/ Stronglite 99 combo work for you? I've got the same setup on one of my bikes using Suntour Power ratchet shifters and the body of the FD hits the crank arm when I ride in the big ring. Do you have the same problem?
Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
As far as how the Cyclone and the Stronglight play together- they do great. I hadn't even considered that distance from the crank to the ring thing- even though I've read about it- I hadn't even considered it on this bike- and not on my other bike that I was riding a 99BIS on with a Suntour XC Pro FD. Before I built the bike, my only concern was if I'd be able to run the granny- I know the Cyclone had a cage extension, but people rarely used it.
Where's the arm striking on the cage?
OK- so less than a week later, I decide to put a 99BIS on my Voyageur SP- I'm still using the Mountech FD- really, one of the finest front derailleurs evAr. I get the chain on and "
THOK" the crank arm hits the tail of the derailleur. I immediately think of this post. "I don't have any problems with the 99BIS..." my azz... So I move the derailleur in- shift around, and no matter how careful I am, no matter how I angle the FD cage- moving that chain to the big ring- the arm slides across the 3/4 of the cage.
I used this particular crankset on my Trek 400 Elance- with no problems using a Suntour XC Pro FD. I do have one other XC Pro FD- but I'm not so sure about the stylistic match.
*sigh*