Old 04-26-06 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by timcupery
So Sheldon, since you're around, are there any Shimano FD's designed for 50t and larger chainrings (typically thougth of as road triples) that have top pull capability?
Nope. Howsomever, I've had good results by re-shaping the lower edge of the outer cage plate to make different front derailers match up with the curvature of different-sized big rings.

This is pretty easy to do if you have access to a bench grinder (one of my favorite tools)

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