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Braze-on front derailleur

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  1. Can someone tell me how a braze on derailleur attaches to the bike
    frame? I'd go to a LBS and look but there are no LBS's within 100
    miles of where I live. Are there screws that go into brazed on
    threaded sockets, or are screws brazed onto the frame, or what? What
    diameter screws and thread pitch?

    I am building a recumbent bike and need to mount a front derailleur on
    a piece of CF tubing that is 34 mm diameter. I have no problem
    drilling holes in the tubing and installing threaded inserts if that
    is what it takes... The tubing will only be there to support the
    derailleur, maybe a headlight, and a computer so it will never be
    loaded like a normal seat tube.

    Thanks!

  2. mugwump said:

    Can someone tell me how a braze on derailleur attaches to the bike
    frame? I'd go to a LBS and look but there are no LBS's within 100
    miles of where I live. Are there screws that go into brazed on
    threaded sockets, or are screws brazed onto the frame, or what?


    What

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    diameter screws and thread pitch?

    The mount is usually cast in some fashion, and then the derailleur
    bolts to the mount. Take a look at the Silva Art. 291 and the Everest
    C-134 on this page: http://www.framebuilding.com/Bosses.htm

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    I am building a recumbent bike and need to mount a front derailleur


    on

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    a piece of CF tubing that is 34 mm diameter. I have no problem
    drilling holes in the tubing and installing threaded inserts if that
    is what it takes... The tubing will only be there to support the
    derailleur, maybe a headlight, and a computer so it will never be
    loaded like a normal seat tube.

    Thanks!

    If you're mounting the derailleur to a 34mm piece of tubing, why not
    get a derailleur with a 1 3/8" clamp and shim it? (1 3/8" ~= 34.9mm).
    In fact, many "clamp-on" front derailleurs are braze-on derailleurs
    mounted with this clamp:
    http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&SKU=DP6200

    A friend of mine built a carbon-fiber highracer and simply used a
    normal clamp-on derailleur in front. You can see photos of the bike at
    http://homepage.mac.com/john4bho/iblog/ , about 2/3 of the way down
    (February 10th installment).

    Jeff

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