RE; Derailleur side mount...
Well, I bought a simplex side-mount once and the actual mount is to "high" on the body of the der. So when mounted the der. cage hits the outer chainring. I have also tried a normal braze-on der. with a bolt on braze on bracket from a carbon bike, like a Kestrel or something but the der was positioned to far back due to all the extra bracketry...