RadNomad
Senior Retro Guru
I’m considering putting a new compact (50/34 Sugino Mighty Tour) road chainset on my ‘96 LavaDome for faster road riding. Any reason why i shouldn’t / couldn’t?
Sugino’s suggested BB is 110mm which is same as the LavaDome’s. The SRT400 front shifter is the multi click type so by limiting the front derailleur screws i reckon i should be able to mod it for shifting only 2 chainrings without dropping chains. Rear derailleur is 7 speed XT. Others on here reckon the slightly thinner modern front chainrings should be ok with a 7 speed chain.
It seems this should work. Have i missed anything? Has anyone tried this?
Sugino’s suggested BB is 110mm which is same as the LavaDome’s. The SRT400 front shifter is the multi click type so by limiting the front derailleur screws i reckon i should be able to mod it for shifting only 2 chainrings without dropping chains. Rear derailleur is 7 speed XT. Others on here reckon the slightly thinner modern front chainrings should be ok with a 7 speed chain.
It seems this should work. Have i missed anything? Has anyone tried this?