Finally put different cranks and a front mech on the cargo. I wanted something like 43/34, but it turns out all my road cranksets are all wrong.
The one with the 42 tooth little ring (and 53 tooth big ring) was a different BCD to the set with a 34 tooth little ring. So I used this spare Sakae crankset. At least it allowed me to keep the square taper bb for now.
The Deore XT mtb 3x shifter seems to work okay with the Suntour road front mech. No trimming, but at least it’s working.
It’s 42/39 or something, so barely any difference between the two rings, but it should give me a tiny bit of benefit uphill. Maybe in the future I change it, but I have been surviving okay with the 42t single ring, so this is just to get a different crankset and make use of some parts.
Gotta go fix a mate’s bike shortly so will test and dial in the shifter then.
The band on adapter isn’t perfect but it works. Probably replace all parts in the future.
Finally put different cranks and a front mech on the cargo. I wanted something like 43/34, but it turns out all my road cranksets are all wrong.
The one with the 42 tooth little ring (and 53 tooth big ring) was a different BCD to the set with a 34 tooth little ring. So I used this spare Sakae crankset. At least it allowed me to keep the square taper bb for now.
The Deore XT mtb 3x shifter seems to work okay with the Suntour road front mech. No trimming, but at least it’s working.
It’s 42/39 or something, so barely any difference between the two rings, but it should give me a tiny bit of benefit uphill. Maybe in the future I change it, but I have been surviving okay with the 42t single ring, so this is just to get a different crankset and make use of some parts.
Gotta go fix a mate’s bike shortly so will test and dial in the shifter then.
The band on adapter isn’t perfect but it works. Probably replace all parts in the future.
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