Who is using STI shifters with a mtn crank (44-32-22)?
10-01-06, 11:47 AM
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Who is using STI shifters with a mtn crank (44-32-22)?
Hello,
I was wondering who is using STI shifters with a 44-32-22 crankset - what specific derailleur you are using (make, bottom/top, etc), and any other advice for someone who wants to do the same. Thank you very much
I was wondering who is using STI shifters with a 44-32-22 crankset - what specific derailleur you are using (make, bottom/top, etc), and any other advice for someone who wants to do the same. Thank you very much
10-01-06, 12:26 PM
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I do and I left the original Tiagra triple derailleur on there with an adjustment downward to maintain the specified gap between the bottom of the outer cage plate and the teeth on the 44T ring. I find the shifting fine for touring purposes, and I avoided the problems of pull differential between road and MTB derailleurs. I think Sheldon Brown discusses a way to overcome some of this differential. Of course, this would not work at all with a double derailleur because of the narrower cage.
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Not exactly STI, but I'm using Campy Chorus shifters with a full XT dirve train. I used a JTech Shiftmate to change the rear cable pull length, and everything works perfectly. Of course, the Campy front shifters aren't indexed, so they work fine with any crankset.
After breaking in the cables, I had my LBS adjust them just before packing up for a cross country trip. Rode the entire trip, and am still riding (500 or so miles after completing the cross-country) without a cable adjustment. Try that with STI!
After breaking in the cables, I had my LBS adjust them just before packing up for a cross country trip. Rode the entire trip, and am still riding (500 or so miles after completing the cross-country) without a cable adjustment. Try that with STI!
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Originally Posted by guruguhan
Hello,
I was wondering who is using STI shifters with a 44-32-22 crankset - what specific derailleur you are using (make, bottom/top, etc), and any other advice for someone who wants to do the same. Thank you very much
I was wondering who is using STI shifters with a 44-32-22 crankset - what specific derailleur you are using (make, bottom/top, etc), and any other advice for someone who wants to do the same. Thank you very much
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
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Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
