48-38-28 crankset. Which (MTB pull ration) downpull front derailleur?
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48-38-28 crankset. Which (MTB pull ration) downpull front derailleur?
Title hopefully says it all.
I´m converting a road bike to a flat bar triple.
My preferred crankset is 48-38-28 (i.e. that´s what´s in the parts bin).
I´m going with Deore LX flat bar trigger sti shifters - came off a canti bike so they should be fine for the road calipers.
Most down pull FD´s seem to max out at 44 teeth, at least the ones I´m finding. Which combine a max big ring of 48+ and MTB pull ratio?
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I´m converting a road bike to a flat bar triple.
My preferred crankset is 48-38-28 (i.e. that´s what´s in the parts bin).
I´m going with Deore LX flat bar trigger sti shifters - came off a canti bike so they should be fine for the road calipers.
Most down pull FD´s seem to max out at 44 teeth, at least the ones I´m finding. Which combine a max big ring of 48+ and MTB pull ratio?
Cheers all
Simon
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Title hopefully says it all.
I´m converting a road bike to a flat bar triple.
My preferred crankset is 48-38-28 (i.e. that´s what´s in the parts bin).
I´m going with Deore LX flat bar trigger sti shifters - came off a canti bike so they should be fine for the road calipers.
Most down pull FD´s seem to max out at 44 teeth, at least the ones I´m finding. Which combine a max big ring of 48+ and MTB pull ratio?
Cheers all
Simon
I´m converting a road bike to a flat bar triple.
My preferred crankset is 48-38-28 (i.e. that´s what´s in the parts bin).
I´m going with Deore LX flat bar trigger sti shifters - came off a canti bike so they should be fine for the road calipers.
Most down pull FD´s seem to max out at 44 teeth, at least the ones I´m finding. Which combine a max big ring of 48+ and MTB pull ratio?
Cheers all
Simon
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Isn't that a road FD? It is supposed to be used with SL-R440 shifters (which are road shifters for flat handlebars).
The Mountain FD-M770 front derailleur is rated by Shimano for both 44 and 48 big front chainrings (44-32-22 and 48-36-26).
On one bicycle I am using an Alivio FD-M413 mountain front derailleur with a 48-38-28 crankset.
The Mountain FD-M770 front derailleur is rated by Shimano for both 44 and 48 big front chainrings (44-32-22 and 48-36-26).
On one bicycle I am using an Alivio FD-M413 mountain front derailleur with a 48-38-28 crankset.
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Can't you use anything from the touring line from Shimano FD-T770/FD-T780? Anything from a VSF Farhradmanufaktur Fahrrad should work right, as they all use a 48T big gear on the front?
https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/produkte/expedition/
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Can't you use anything from the touring line from Shimano FD-T770/FD-T780? Anything from a VSF Farhradmanufaktur Fahrrad should work right, as they all use a 48T big gear on the front?
https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/produkte/expedition/
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I can not find FD-T770. Did you mean FD-M770? Or maybe FD-T781?
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Good choice
The SL-R440 shifters have the same EXACT identical pull as Shimano mountain bike shifters. As a matter of fact, a friend of mine compared his SL-R440 shiftes to a set of 9 speed Deore mountain bike shifters and the shfiter sets were identical in every way except for color. Shimano makes the 400 series of components to use mountain bike shifters of any type with road bike size gearing (48 and up) but the shifters are just color changed but otherwise the same as common mountain bike shifters.
There really aren't any mountain bike shifters that will properly move a front road derailleur correctly and have a cage that is sized for a 52t ring for example hence the need for the 400 series.
There really aren't any mountain bike shifters that will properly move a front road derailleur correctly and have a cage that is sized for a 52t ring for example hence the need for the 400 series.
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Shimano's designation as "road shifters for flat handlebars" lead me to believe that they have "road" cable pull ratio for front derailleur/left shifter. So because of that, I assumed that the FD-R443 derailleur also has a "road" cable pull ratio. If Shimano would publish the relevant technical data (such as cable pull in millimeters) such confusions would be avoidable.
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Shimano's designation as "road shifters for flat handlebars" lead me to believe that they have "road" cable pull ratio for front derailleur/left shifter. So because of that, I assumed that the FD-R443 derailleur also has a "road" cable pull ratio. If Shimano would publish the relevant technical data (such as cable pull in millimeters) such confusions would be avoidable.
Just to clarify for others who might wander into this thread, I am posting a picture of a pair of roughly identical caged derailleurs. The one of the left is an road bike Ultregra FD-6503 and the one on the right is an actual FD-R443. You will see the cages are pretty identical however the main difference is the distance between the pivot point and the cable attachment points. Look at the orange line in between the yellow lines on the Ultregra derailleur and note the short distance between the yellow lines and compare to the much longer orange line in between the yellow lines on the FD-R443 derailleur. That is what makes the FD-R400 series rather special. It allows someone who wants road bike gearing (note the large cages on both of the derailleurs, designed for 48t and higher) but who wants to use mountain bike shifters which pull a lot more cable. Almost all other mountain bike derailleurs are designed for 46t and lower big rings on the front.
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Totally agreed.
Just to clarify for others who might wander into this thread, I am posting a picture of a pair of roughly identical caged derailleurs. The one of the left is an road bike Ultregra FD-6503 and the one on the right is an actual FD-R443. You will see the cages are pretty identical however the main difference is the distance between the pivot point and the cable attachment points. Look at the orange line in between the yellow lines on the Ultregra derailleur and note the short distance between the yellow lines and compare to the much longer orange line in between the yellow lines on the FD-R443 derailleur. That is what makes the FD-R400 series rather special. It allows someone who wants road bike gearing (note the large cages on both of the derailleurs, designed for 48t and higher) but who wants to use mountain bike shifters which pull a lot more cable. Almost all other mountain bike derailleurs are designed for 46t and lower big rings on the front.
Just to clarify for others who might wander into this thread, I am posting a picture of a pair of roughly identical caged derailleurs. The one of the left is an road bike Ultregra FD-6503 and the one on the right is an actual FD-R443. You will see the cages are pretty identical however the main difference is the distance between the pivot point and the cable attachment points. Look at the orange line in between the yellow lines on the Ultregra derailleur and note the short distance between the yellow lines and compare to the much longer orange line in between the yellow lines on the FD-R443 derailleur. That is what makes the FD-R400 series rather special. It allows someone who wants road bike gearing (note the large cages on both of the derailleurs, designed for 48t and higher) but who wants to use mountain bike shifters which pull a lot more cable. Almost all other mountain bike derailleurs are designed for 46t and lower big rings on the front.
The mountain-bike hardcore weight weenies sometimes use road FDs for their low weight. To get the correct pull ratio, they use bolt-on extenders like Speen (PDF file) that move the cable anchor point farther from the pivot. If you happen to have a really good road derailleur and want to use it, there may be a Speen adapter that would do it.
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I have a funny feeling that those Speen adapters will be really pricey.
And mountain bike weight weenies? Really? Next up: moonbike weight weenies!!
And mountain bike weight weenies? Really? Next up: moonbike weight weenies!!
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Better: Use the right trigger shifter and a front friction shifter of some sort, with any mech you like.
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Update:
I got the suggested FD and it works perfectly:
I got the suggested FD and it works perfectly:
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