35mm downtube shift adapters and front derailleur adapters

[chriscross1966]

Hi folks, I've seen plenty of adapter bosses to mount downtube shifters and braze-on front mechs on tubes up to 31.8mm, but does anyone do them for 35mm tubes?.. I'm not asking for a friend, I'm asking because I'm building a full-Campagnolo Brompton drop-bar, and I'd rather use clamp on bits than have lugs brazed on... though as I'm having a complete frame repaint by somewhere that knows what they're doing with frames, having the lugs added wouldn't be too hard..... If it all gets too fraught I'll go with brifters instead of downtube shifters, but that still leaves the mech lug... Google got me a rubbish signal to noise ratio and two pages that were just Origin8 25-31.8 adapters...

chrisc

 

[winjim]

Campagnolo make them for front mechs.

 

[chriscross1966]

Yes, for tiny tubes, won't fit my Brompton

 

[chriscross1966]

Have you not now reached the stage where it would be easier to get something that looks like a Brompton built to your specs from scratch out of carbon and/or titanium?

No :-)

 

[chriscross1966]

Actually you can get replica Brompton frames in both carbon and titanium from the Far East.... The titanium one looks gorgeous...

 

[winjim]

Yes, for tiny tubes, won't fit my Brompton

32 or 35mm. Campagnolo don't make them for tiny tubes, which is why my steel Genesis has an M:Part one fitted.

 

[winjim]

In fact I have a spare if you want it. PM me your address and I'll pop it in the post for you.