Will my Deore XT front derailleur work with a 48/36/26t chainset?

[sam_white]

XTR equivalent will work up to 46t/48t:

That's because XTR never changed to Microdrive. The XTR cranks stayed at 110bcd with 46/48T chainrings, as all groupsets had been prior to 1994.

 

[Osci]

I've just fitted the new crankset, moved the derailleur up the post a little and it works just fine! Happy days...

 

[FluffyChicken]

That's because XTR never changed to Microdrive. The XTR cranks stayed at 110bcd with 46/48T chainrings, as all groupsets had been prior to 1994.

CompactDrive....

 

[FluffyChicken]

While it is profiled for the 22T to 42T of it crankset, the main parts are.
20 or 22T full stock difference (granny to big)
And a minimum of 10 or 12T big to middle.

Oddly it just depends which version of the docs you read I think.

Other is the distance it can travel so minimum position of granny to max position of big ring.... All in the docs.

Push it to a 48T if you want, worst is it doesn't work quite as well.