Originally Posted by
himespau
Ok, so I'm probably going to have to go friction on the front no matter what I do then, right? Unless of course I'm running some sort of mysterious 46T biopace road chainring.
I dislike indexed front derailleurs... a friction derailleur is easy to set up and offer infinite trim adjustment and a Biopace works just like every other chain ring when it comes to shifting although you have to set the front d a few mm higher than you would with a round chain ring.
Bar ends shifters are friction front and indexed rear (if they are indexed models).