So I have this here Hammerschmidt sitting about and would love to go ahead and bolt it onto which ever frame I eventually decide on. One problem though: My top few picks (Trek Remedy or Giant Reign) don't have ISCG tabs on them. The boys at SRAM have made quite the hullabaloo about mounting up their H.S. cranks correctly and only on approved bikes, which I respect, but don't fully believe. The main issue they seem to be concerned about is rotation of the back plate, either from cable tension or hits from below. Having run guides long before any ISCG standard was around, I call B.S. on the first worry, I don't see cable tension pulling hard enough to rotate the back plate/ISCG adapter. As for hitting the guard, there is no boomerang to catch and rotate so I see it just glancing off objects.
SRAM also insists upon a faced surface on the ISCG tabs, which makes sense. I have a few different ISCG adapters I could use, all are perfectly flat. After I face the BB shell there is no reason why it wouldn't be just as flat and square as built in tabs.
So what are your opinions? Has anyone out there used a ISCG adapter to install their Hammerschmidt? I guess the disclaimer would be to say that I am really not all that worried about cutting something up, or coming to the conclusion that it won't work, as the bits are somewhat disposable.
Ideas, opinions, experience w/ this project?
SRAM also insists upon a faced surface on the ISCG tabs, which makes sense. I have a few different ISCG adapters I could use, all are perfectly flat. After I face the BB shell there is no reason why it wouldn't be just as flat and square as built in tabs.
So what are your opinions? Has anyone out there used a ISCG adapter to install their Hammerschmidt? I guess the disclaimer would be to say that I am really not all that worried about cutting something up, or coming to the conclusion that it won't work, as the bits are somewhat disposable.
Ideas, opinions, experience w/ this project?