Originally Posted by
ilovecycling
It's funny you should recommend "dead parallel and as low as possible." That's exactly how I have it set up right now. I found that this makes it work better than all the other positions I tried. It still isn't consistent and nowhere near as reliable as the Rival FD setup on my '11 Cervelo R3. I personally think it's just bad luck with this particular frame.
I'm going to buy some blue loc-tite tomorrow because the limit screws aren't exactly snug. The high limit screw in particular seems like it could easily vibrate itself out of position. After I set the screws in place I'm going to try and let off the cable tension a bit to see if that helps at all.
i guess i should consider myself lucky to have a cheapo rival front derailleur with my red!