campy top pull fd

[PaMtbRider]

I am looking at a cyclocross frame that is designed for a top pull front derailleur. I am not aware of a campy top pull design. Will campy levers play nice with say an Ultegra front derailleur or is there a better option? Bike will also be set up with avid bb7 discs which I assume should be no issue with campy levers.

[zetroc]

Campy used to make a top pull FD, but no longer. I've only ever seen one in person, and it's on my brother's bike. Good luck.

[christian]

Shimano CX70. Problem solved.

BTW, does the frame not have a pulley? My Campy levers are shifting a Tiagra FD via a pulley.

[ultraman6970]

Remember a guy that did a conversion, with luck you will find the pictures and how he did it.

The good news is that campagnolo will shift whatever you put in the FD, I would go with one of those new sram ones that kind'a twist and let us know how it works hehe

[astaft]

Problem solvers has a rather un-elegant solution if you need to use a campy derailleur

http://problemsolversbike.com/images/sized/files/prod_usage_img/fs0915_crossclamp-305x204.jpg

[PaMtbRider]

The frame is an Ibis Hakkalugi Disc. It doesn't have a pulley and because of the seat tube size / shape I don't think the bolt on adapter would work. I am not against using a cx70 front derailleur and would consider a complete bike from Ibis which comes with a shimano build kit. Just exploring options of buying the frameset and building it with campy instead.

[christian]

I strongly prefer Campagnolo, so I would do that - buy the frame, build with Campagnolo and use a CX70 fd.

[zennmotion]

I use an old XT top pull with centaur 10 levers- works fine, although the lever throw is a little more than my other crosser that uses a pulley with a mirage FD. Princess and the Pea problem IMO. By the way, I like the mirage for cross- not pretty, but stiff cage for tough conditions- steel is real with CX FDs

[christian]

I use a Tiagra FD and Mirage RD for cross. The Mirage RD shifts great, and is cheeeap if you fall over on it. It does weigh 2x the Record part, though.

[binouye]

I have Centaur 10 spd Ergos pulling an old top-pull XTR front der on my 29er, and it works fine. On a previous build I had the Centaur Ergos shifting an old XT (bottom pull) front der, and that worked too.