Thread: Road brifter w/MTB front derailleur (more questions/options)
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Old 05-05-20 | 01:26 PM
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msamsen
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Originally Posted by dedhed
the pull ratios of the road & mountain FD/shifters is different... but cranksets aren't incompatible. If the road triple FD ( shifted with a road brifter) can reach all the chainrings on the crank within it's limit screws, and can handle the chainring size differences, road or mountain crank doesn't matter.
To clarify, I’m looking at the GRX group which only has 1X or 2X FDs. A road 2X crankset doesn’t work on the Marrakesh frame according to Salsa. They say, "...neither the 48/31 or 46/30 GRX cranks will work on the Marrakesh frame. Both the big ring and the crank arms will either directly contact the frame or be close enough to the chainstay that we cannot safely recommend it. The Marakesh frame would have been designed specifically with MTB cranks in mind...."
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