Originally Posted by
Chris_W
STI levers won't work with a Deore (or any other MTB) front derailleur; but a road triple front derailleur sometimes works OK even on MTB-sized chainrings.
That is simply not true! I've been running XTR front derailleur with Ultegra 9 spd STI levers and Ultegra triple crank for a long time with no problems.