Are most front derailleurs bottom pull?
04-29-05, 01:40 AM
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Are most front derailleurs bottom pull?
Is there any other kind. What's the advantage? 
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yeah.
I think mtn bike derailleurs can be top pull. I don't know very much about mtn bikes though.
I think mtn bike derailleurs can be top pull. I don't know very much about mtn bikes though.
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Mountain bike front derailleurs comb in both top and bottom pull configurations. A few can be set up to work either way. I think that the majority of mountain bikes use top pull derailleurs. All of the road bike derailleurs that I'm aware of are bottom pull. That can complicate the conversion if you are attempting to install a big ring road crankset on a bike that only has cable stops for top pull.
Relative to performance, I don't see any difference. All of the mountain bikes that I have personally owned happened to use bottom pull front derailleurs and I've never had a shifting issue or caught anything under the bottom bracket.
Relative to performance, I don't see any difference. All of the mountain bikes that I have personally owned happened to use bottom pull front derailleurs and I've never had a shifting issue or caught anything under the bottom bracket.
