Originally Posted by
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This bike got turned into more of a luxury sport-tourer, and the frame is worthy of it.
Does the shifting in front work out with the smallish middle ring, as far as shifting to and from the middle ring(?) (note that I corrected my comment in my earlier post #13).
I'm running 34-42-52t on my recent Nishiki "ONP" Pro acquisition and find the shifting to and from the middle ring to be slightly lazy and cantankerous but still fully workable.
I would use a pinned middle ring but so far have found none that are 42t and with a 110mm bcd.
So my original plan was to use a Specialized Flag Crankset with 48/36/28 chainrings, but I ended up going with a Sugino AT Crankset with 50/36/28. I've only been on a few test rides so far, fairly flat terrain so I'll have to give it more time for proper feedback, BUT so far the gearing/shifting seems fine. Definitely not as quick/smooth as my two modern bikes with ramped/pinned 50/34 rings, but not bad enough to make changes.