Originally Posted by
dfcas
... As I understand it, the chain wants to stay on the middle ring and not fall onto the granny ring.
You are correct in your understanding. What everyone else, (including me), is saying is that to solve the problem you have to loosen the inner front derailleur limit screw and readjust the cable to make it shift. In doing so you will, in all probability, now have a problem with the chain dropping if you don't have a chain catcher.
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