Originally Posted by
rccardr
The nice thing about Tricolor-all Shimano of that era, actually- is that with the exception of DA 740X it is all pretty much interchangable. For example, my Merckx Century is set up with mostly Tricolor but a compact crank made from a 6206 triple with 50/34 rings, an 80's Deore RD and an 11-34 cassette. Pretty sure I played with the middle section of the cassette to optimize cruising in the 16-17-18 cogs.
Did you use the outer bolt holes and take off the inner smallest chainring? I think the inner BCD on older shimano triple cranksets were 74? I do have an older Shimano XT triple crankset on an old mountain bike I could try.