Originally Posted by
deacon mark
You should get more gears out of the front before it rubs that would bug me all to heck. I have a 10 on the rear with a compact crank and I can run either ring with no rub on the derailluer after trimming the gear. It should be able to be set up that way I think, but or course you should not cross chain big-small, just be able to in any given situation.
I've got a Force gruppo and run 11-23 cassette. With fine tuning and proper FD trim adjustment, I only get chain rub when cross chaining 39 with 11. Even then, it's only a wee bit and who would use that gear combination anyway? My new Force gruppo works great and I can't notice any difference with the Red gruppo on another of my bikes. As someone else said herein, any of the major component manufacturers' best offerings work great. I run Campagnolo Record, Shimano Ultegra and DA and SRAM Red and Force on various bikes and love them all.