You sure about that? (52-34=8, I mean, not the bit about your triple).52 - 34 is a drop of eight teeth. Yet my triple is 50/40/30, ten teeth each time and it changes fine.
The triple FDs eg FD-4403 and 5503 are designed to change between middle and outer chainwheels with a gap of 10. So mine is 52-42-30 and is fine. I recently swapped in a 28 small and that was fine too (back to 30 now). The FD doesn't mind so much with the small to middle change.my triple is 50/40/30, ten teeth each time and it changes fine.
Or just buy a new bike with the appropriate groupsetI was worried about the drop too. I might just bite the bullet and get the 105 5800 chainset - it looks nice and shiny and now I have a need for it :-)
Or just buy a new bike with the appropriate groupset![]()
Or just buy a new bike with the appropriate groupset![]()