Which FD with road crank & mtb grip shifters?
07-13-07, 08:05 AM
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Which FD with road crank & mtb grip shifters?
I hate the Shimano flat bar road shifters. They seem to get in the way of my fingers when I'm holding the bars. So off they went. I had a new pair of SRAM Attack grip shifters that I've put on. The rear shifts fine since it's a mountain cassette. The front is OK in in the smallest 2 front chainrings, but it if I shift all the way over to the big ring and the index shows 3 in the window, I can throw the chain right off. I'm not sure this is a limit screw issue, seems more like an actuation issue. Not sure if there is a FD that will work being controlled by grip shifters on a road triple crank.
Here's what I've got:
Crank: 30/42/52
FD: R443a
Shifters: SRAM Attack (previously Shimano SL-R660 for flat-bar)
Thx
Here's what I've got:
Crank: 30/42/52
FD: R443a
Shifters: SRAM Attack (previously Shimano SL-R660 for flat-bar)
Thx
07-13-07, 08:31 AM
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Sounds like the high limit screw needs to be adjusted so that the cage doesn't move out quite so far when shifting to the big ring.
07-13-07, 03:25 PM
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Swap the FD for a MTB unit, anything that is compatible with the shifter.
It will work fine with the road cranks; I have an XT (w/ XT shifters) running with a 7703 Dura Ace crank and it works great.
It will work fine with the road cranks; I have an XT (w/ XT shifters) running with a 7703 Dura Ace crank and it works great.
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