I've been working on the SRAM front shifting issue and have a theory after riding a Madone 6 with Force which shifted well while mine is pretty stiff. Notice the cable locations below: with the Madone the cable is back and away from the spring and has good leverage on the mech, with the Cervelo the cable is rubbing the back of the spring and is pulling from a less than ideal angle. So I think it's at least partly frame dependent on how well SRAM front shifts depending on the cable angle you get with the front mech. Also there was the problem at least with Red where the mech could be tilted back or front and SRAM started sending out little wedges with the FD to correct that angle. I don't think it's a stretch to guess that Rival and Force could have that problem and my 2009 Force front mech looks a little tilted forward.
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Cervelo Soloist from Cervelo forum:
