I was gifted a 2007 Specialized Sequoia Elite in lightly used but poorly stored condition. Everything seems to be original except the original drop bars were removed and replaced with a comfort handle bar and mountain bike shifters. The rear derailleur indexes and shifts fine but the front derailleur does not. The Sequoia road bike front derailleur is not compatible with the mountain bike shifter. I can kind of make it work but basically the shifter is difficult to operate and the indexing moves the derailleur too far each shift. Obviously the shifter wants a longer actuator arm on the derailleur.

The 2007 Sequoia came with a triple front chain ring which I want to keep. I also want to keep the comfort handle bar especially after reworking the shifters and purchasing fancy grips and bar ends. The Sequoia seat tube is 1-1/4” diameter and the derailleur pulls from the bottom. I’m thinking the easiest solution is to get a mountain bike derailleur if I can find a correctly configured one.

Any good/better solutions or suggestions will be appreciated.




Thanks.

The front derailleur is a Shimano Tiagra Triple and the shifter is Deore. The previous owner modified the Sequoia and I don’t have the replaced parts.

I last rode in the 80s and my last bike was an 80s Rockhopper so my knowledge is way dated. I live near Placerville CA where it is way hilly so I use the triple. My first bike is a Tricross so I prefer an inexpensive fix on the Sequoia.

Thanks.

I installed the Deore XT fd and the indexing seems right so I’m going to leave it at that. Thanks for the assistance.

I created another problem as I changed cassettes on the same bike. I went from an 11-28 to an 11-36 for the local hills and for therapy on my gimpy knee. Now the rd idler interferes with the largest two cassette sprockets. Don’t know what to do except to go back to the 11-28. I’m enjoying learning this stuff so I’d welcome assistance on how this should be addressed. Thanks.