bradtx: No it definitely was a clamp on. It was the "stock" FD on the bike.

ryker: How I noticed this problem was when I was fitting the FD with the sticky that comes on it, I noticed that the inner part of the cage would not clear the teeth of the middle gear. Do you have your FD set a bit high on the 52/42/30 so the inner cage clears? How would this affect shifting?