Jerry, Is the FD a double or triple model? It was made in both. The triple model does work for the type of range you're setting up. David Feldman Vancouver, WA
> I've just gotten my new Bates frame built up
> sufficiently to road test
> (still need to install racks, mudguards, etc.).
> This is the first bike I've
> actually built up with a triple (finally conceding
> to age). I've used a TA
> Cyclotourist triple 52-38-28, Campy Rally RD,
> Simplex SLJ Triple FR, and
> Sachs Aris 13-28 6-speed FW. Even with the
> long-cage Rally, when I shorten
> the chain enough to just keep it from going slack on
> the 28x13, it is very
> difficult to shift onto the 28T rear cog when on the
> 52T chainring. More
> annoying, although shifting down to a smaller
> chainring works smoothly, and
> shifting between the 52 and 38 in either direction
> is no problem, it seems
> completely impossible to upshift from the 28T
> chainring to the 38T middle
> ring. I always wind up having to shift from the 28
> all the way up to the
> 52, then down to the 38. Normally, I'd try to toe
> out the back end of the
> FR to try to lift the chain a little better off the
> small ring, but one
> cannot do this except to a tiny extent, due the the
> Cyclotourist crankarm's
> infamous lack of FR clearance, i.e. if you toe out
> the back of the FR, it
> will hit the crankarm when on the large ring. It
> was exactly this feature
> of the Cyclotourist that caused TA to lose their
> early dominance in mountain
> bikes to the Japanese.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or is this just an
> inherent limitation of the
> Cyclotourist/ Simplex SLJ combo? Anyone have a
> guess how large a small
> chain ring I'd have to go to to shift smoothly (or
> at least shift) up to the
> 38T middle?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
>
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