Originally Posted by cpach

As mentioned above, the issue is the front derailleur. You could use an ird alpina d front derailleur, or another 3x road front derailleur, preferably one designed for smaller chainrings. A lot of older road triples had a 52t big ring, but a lot of recent ones have a 50t big ring, which will be closer to working with your crankset. Front shifting might not be super fast but you should be able to find a setup that works fairly well.