If you are ever on the east coast, you are welcome to give my Look 595 w/ 6700 FD a spin. I think you would be pleasantly surprised at how well tuned the entire bike is, front shifting and all. Some bike setups don't like Red FDs and some do. Check with any reputable bike shop (roadwarrior's doesn't count ) that has a fair amount of experience with SRAM products and they will tell you it's going to be a crap shoot when you leave out the door with a SRAM FD. That's just how it is, even if you have had great experiences with SRAM front shifting. But let's keep this one on topic, k?