Thank you for trying to help me out with this. I have heard about the pulley set up, except the fact that I am not sure using Campagnolo ergo type shifters will work well. Would there be any issues with the amount of travel or shifting resistance or effort? I'm new to the Campy/Shimano combination and the top pull set up is not helping either. If I could use the pulley the choices wold be much better. I noticed a threaded hole just below where I have clamped the XTR changer. I wonder if that is where a pulley can be mounted? If so I saw one being sold by Superfly Cycles which looks to be high quality,kind of expensive though.