Front Derailleur Position

[cbottcher]

All,

I'm going to remove my large 44 tooth chainring and run a bash guard. My question is should I lower the front derailleur? Or, should I leave it where it is due to the cage design/bend. Or in other words, is the FD cage design optimized for three chainrings and I should leave it where it is?

[jabberwocky]

I left mine where it was and just adjusted the limit screw to remove the ability to shift to the outside ring and it works fine. It worth noting I hardly ever use it though. :)

[g_barr]

Leave it where it is unless it interferes with the bash guard. A 3-ring derailleur probably doesn't have enough limit screw adjustments to (1) allow it to be lowered into proper adjustment on the middle ring AND (2) prevent an accidental down-shift from dropping the chain into your BB.

[bwhobbs99]

Just leave it alone and like the others said, adjust the limit screw.

[cbottcher]

Thanks. I'll set the limit screw and leave it at that.