Originally Posted by
clasher
I like and use a triple on my rando bike but it's getting harder to find nice cranks for a decent price, and shifters are either downtube or tiagra/sora, unless one goes campagnolo.
Nice looking used triples are fairly abundant in 130/74mm BCD or 135/74 for Campagnolo. 110/74mm is more difficult to find - I've been searching for a Stronglight Fission (preferably Titane) for years.
Shimano has XTR Di2 triple crank front derailleurs.
I run 2010-2014 Campagnolo Ultrashift. While new shifters are unavailable, they still sell replacement shift mechanisms.
Someone used to make an inline cable housing mechanism that provided a separate lever for shifting between middle and small ring while otherwise using a double brifter.
What do you use for a dyno based charger? The ones I looked at a few years ago seem kind of expensive, esp. since I already have a nice B&M light, I didn't want to buy another light with the usb plug built in, as convenient as that sounds. I've done alright carrying a lipstick sized battery for brevets.
I paid $54 for my B&M USB-Werk including a small cache battery, ordered direct from Germany.