Originally Posted by
vwchad
What crankset are you using? 5700 front shifting is fine in my experience. FSA chainrings or Shimano have both worked well. I will say that it is a little smoother with Shimano though. I've never felt that effort to shift the front or the throw is excessive. My only petty gripe with 5700 shifing is the rear actually. Kind of mushy, but otherwise works just fine.
I'm using a FSA Gossamer crank with Praxis chainrings. With stock rings the shifting/crank feel was total crap. Well...I didn't notice how bad until I added the Praxis rings. My gripe isn't the small-large transition, its the effort it takes to get the derailleur to move. The action requires force and is "gritty-chunky" compared to the smooth 5600 I used to ride. The large-small transition is flawless and immediate after the "pop" of the shifter is felt. It's the force required to get it to go small-large.
With the rear, my only gripe is the double shift...which has never been all that great no matter how much I mess with it. I can get the single shift positions pretty dialed in...but that double hop is pretty lousy.