Originally Posted by
showlow
I'll check when I get home. Just bought a ton of housing and some clamp on guides that accomodate full housing for the bb shell. Some threads on FD adjustment w/o a barrel adjuster suggest it's not necessary to have a barrel for the FD.
You shouldn't need clamp on guides. All-City and QBP are pretty good about using "3 sided" housing braze-ons where they think that versatility is needed. I have them on an older Macho Man, a Salsa El Mariachi, and a Surly Troll.