Road front deraileur on a mtb

[RABUBI]

I am building up a mtb to use as a training bike, and as far as possible I want to use parts I have lying around.

 

Can I fit a 10spd Ulltegra front Deraileur on a MTB?

[_Daemon_]

Yes you can. Quite a popular weightweenie thing to do. Only prob is road mech are bottom pull you need the convert from http://speen.de/ to convert the mech to a top pull

[Mr Mulebar]

Only if it is a triple front mech!

[Mr Mulebar]

Oops just saw that it is a 10 spd Ultegra Front mech. You can use it but as the cage on a 10spd mech is narrower to accommodate narrower 10 spd chain you will suffer with chain rub when in the middle ring.

[_Daemon_]

 

Only if it is a triple front mech!

 

Yes and no, you can mod the limit screws of the mech to allow a double road mech to work on a triple mtb setup, some work better than others, for example the SRAM red one seems to work the best.

 

But yes a road mech and a 2x9 setup(perhaps a very bling Middleburn) on a mtb will work best.