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Top pull front derailleur for 24/38/48 - recommendations?
I am having trouble sourcing a top pull derailleur for my son's
mountain bike (with Shimano indexed shifters). I looked up a Deore M510, but according to my usual source (wiggle.co.uk), this, and all the other MTB derailleurs they sell are "compact chainset only" designs. Apparently I can't use a road derailleur that will support 48T (not compatible with MTB STI shifters, if I read Sheldon Brown's pages correctly). I'm not really an expert on mountain bike kit so, Questions: 1. Is their a suitable mid-range derailleur that I have missed? 2. If not, are the "compact only" warnings ignorable? Any experience? Any comments welcome Andrew Webster |
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Top pull front derailleur for 24/38/48 - recommendations?
Andrew W wrote: I am having trouble sourcing a top pull derailleur for my son's mountain bike (with Shimano indexed shifters). I looked up a Deore M510, but according to my usual source (wiggle.co.uk), this, and all the other MTB derailleurs they sell are "compact chainset only" designs. Apparently I can't use a road derailleur that will support 48T (not compatible with MTB STI shifters, if I read Sheldon Brown's pages correctly). I'm not really an expert on mountain bike kit so, Questions: 1. Is their a suitable mid-range derailleur that I have missed? 2. If not, are the "compact only" warnings ignorable? Any experience? Any comments welcome Andrew Webster You probably can use a compact front der with your setup w/ a little fiddling but not ideal. What you need is a 1994/5 top pull, bottom swing front der, made before everything shimano went to 'compact'. I can check to see if my supplier has one-Seat post diameter? |
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