31.8 clamp FD recs

[Brenton Eastman]

Hi y'all,

I'm going to run a 46/36/26 Sugino XD2 triple on my Roadini and want a classy front derailleur.

I was looking at Ultegra/105/DA models ending in XX03 and there are so many! I was reading that they are shaped more to match the curve of 53/39/30, but does that really matter outside of aesthetics? Should I consider a mountain triple instead?

Any recommendations or advice is welcome!

Thanks, Brent

[Drew Saunders]

Index or friction shifting? If friction, it shouldn’t matter. I’m running a c. 1990 Campy Croce d’Aune FD, designed for 39/53, on my 26-42 “double with a chain guard” and it works fine. When I ran a 24-36-46, I used a Suntour XC Pro, mainly because it was a gorgeous derailleur.  Friction front shifting is pretty forgiving.

Drew

[Patrick Moore]

I've used an Dura Ace derailleurs with outer rings as small as 38 teeth, then 42 and then 44, with no problems I'm aware of. B irony that I mean that someone else might find the shifting problematical, but it seems fine to me.

Hell, I used one of my 2 old 740x fds with a Bontrager pipe spindle triple, IIRC 46/36/24, and it worked fine once I fixed the limit on the throw.

Friction only.

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[Patrick Moore]

Or was it 42/32/22? I forget.

[Luke Hendrickson]

I run the IRD Alpina with a 46-34-22 and an 11-34 8s cassette (friction). I think that it looks good/just like older Ultegra FDs.

[Brenton Eastman]

All great looking options! I ended up going with a brand new Ultegra 6603 triple. an eBay seller in Canada had a great asking price so I went for it. Still has the plastic stopper and red alignment sticker on it!

On Jan 6, 2024, at 2:37 PM, Luke Hendrickson <phendr...@paulpath.net> wrote:

I run the IRD Alpina with a 46-34-22 and an 11-34 8s cassette (friction). I think that it looks good/just like older Ultegra FDs.

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