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Old 05-16-19 | 01:05 PM
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Mogens
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From: Green Bay, Wis.

Bikes: 2019 Cannondale Synapse Alloy 105, 1973 Raleigh Gran Sports, 1984 Calvino Palomar

Drivetrain severely off track

As you'll see, I'm clearly in the "knows just enough to get into trouble,' phase of bicycle mechanics. I rebuilt this Trek 730 for my wife and it needed a new crankset & derailleurs, so I put on a Sugino triple that I had and ordered some Shimano Alti (Altuses?) The rear derailleur is working perfectly, however the FD is clearly incompatible with the crank. The FD won't get anywhere near the largest chainring. So I need a recommendation... different crank? Different front derailleur? What's the best path forward? It's been suggested to me that the derailleur is for MTB/hybrids and the crankset is for road bikes, hence the problem. That makes sense, so I'm looking for a specific recommendation that will definitely work.

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