Originally Posted by
Diamond
I'm not sure I get your point of meant to work with road integrated shifters. Below is a picture of my subcompact crank with the original 105 front derailleur.
Point being from the photo is that the derailleur is up too high and far away from small chain rings. If I'd purchased a
White Industries VBC Crankset with the same chain rings then I'd have the same problem. So if you are pointing to the mountain bike crank as the problem then I don't understand your point. Now, maybe I could have found a smaller road derailleur and not purchased a mountain bike derailleur and the Jtek Shiftmate adapter? If you know of a compatible derailleur then I'm willing to try. I
Since you are mounting your FD much lower than a typical triple setup, you don't need one with a cage that reaches so low in the back. (See how the chain doesn't get anywhere near the bottom of the cage even when you're in the small ring?) So a road FD or CX70 would be much better for your needs, even if the cage isn't shaped perfectly for smaller rings.
If you're handy and don't mind a little hacking, you could even cut off the bottom of your FD's cage and put a bolt between the two halves to restore stability.